What did Donald Trump claim about investigations on 13 Jun 2023?
Donald Trump, Former President of the United States and Republican presidential candidate ·
Evidence revealed Joe Biden took a $5 million bribe from Ukraine
The only source for the $5 million bribe story was an FBI informant, Alexander Smirnov. A federal grand jury charged that he made it up: he first dealt with Burisma in 2017, after Biden had left office.
A federal indictment charges that FBI informant Alexander Smirnov's 2020 claim that a Burisma executive admitted paying Joe Biden and his son $5 million each was false, and that Smirnov first met Burisma officials in 2017, after Biden left office: 'The Defendant's story to the FBI was a fabrication' (United States v. Smirnov, No. 2:24-cr-00091, C.D. Cal., indictment filed Feb. 14, 2024).
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- Remarks to supporters at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey, after his federal arraignment in Miami.
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