Meanwhile, an ex FBI informant charged with making up a
bribery scheme involving U.S.
President Joe Biden, his son Hunter and a Ukrainian firm
had contacts with Russian intelligence affiliated officials.
the US prosecutors revealed the alleged contact as they urged
a judge to keep Alexander Smith behind bars while he
awaits trial.
Now he's accused of falsely telling his handler that executives
with the Ukrainian.
Energy Company. Paid Hunter and Joe Biden $5,000,000 each around
2015.
The claim became central to the Republican impeachment inquiry in
Congress.
US Magistrate Judge Daniel Alberts allows Manov to be released
from custody on electronic GPS monitoring while he awaits trial.
He must stay in Clark County,
Nevada and is prohibited from applying for a new passport.
Prosecutors said that Smirnov admitted during an interview after his
arrest that the officials associated with Russian intelligence were involved
in passing a story about Hunter Biden.
They said that Smirnoff contacts with the Russian officials were
recent and extensive,
and that he had planned to meet with one official
during an upcoming overseas trip.
Smirnov has been in custody at a facility in rural
Pahrump,
about an hour's drive West of Las Vegas.
Since his arrest last week at the airport while returning
from overseas.