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Washington –
Hunter Biden ’s lawyers suggested Tuesday that claims made by a former FBI informant charged with fabricating a bribery scheme involving the presidential family may have tainted the case against the president’s son.
The gun and tax charges against Hunter Biden are separate from the claims made by the informant, Alexander Smirnov, who has been charged with making up a bribery scheme involving U.S. President Joe Biden, his son and a Ukrainian energy company.
But Hunter Biden’s attorneys say the chatter over the informant contributed to the collapse of the plea deal offered to Hunter Biden last summer.
The filing comes as Hunter Biden continues his public offensive over claims about his professional life and drug use that have been central to Congressional investigations and an impeachment inquiry that seeks to tie his business dealings to his father.
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