LOS ANGELES (AP) — A former FBI informant has pleaded guilty to lying about a phony bribery scheme involving President Joe Biden and his son, Hunter, that became central to a Republican impeachment inquiry in Congress. Alexander Smirnov entered his plea Monday to a felony charge in connection with the bogus story, along with a tax evasion charge stemming from a separate indictment accusing him of concealing millions in income. Smirnov will get credit for the time he has served behind bars since his February arrest on charges he told his FBI handler that executives from the Ukrainian energy company Burisma had paid the president and Hunter Biden $5 million each around 2015.
