Questions raised as Biden impeachment witness goes missing from prison after lying to FBI
Source: raw story
Travis Gettys November 7, 2025 1:02PM ET
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Alexander Smirnov pleaded guilty to making up a story that former President Joe Biden and his son Hunter had gotten millions of dollars in bribes from a Ukrainian energy company, but journalist Jacqueline Sweet reported on her Disaster Girl Substack page that he's apparently no longer serving a six-year prison term imposed days before Trump returned to office.
"Despite Smirnov being judged a flight risk, with ties to Russian intelligence and foreign assets, the U.S.-Israeli citizen has been mysteriously missing from prison for at least the past four months," Sweet reported. "Following reports in April that the Trump administration was reviewing the case, concerns have now arisen that the president is considering an imminent pardon."
"Smirnov had been serving his sentence at FCI Terminal Island, a low-security prison in Los Angeles," the report added. "He is still listed at FCI Terminal Island on the Bureau of Prisons website, with a release date of February 2029. But while no filings on the docket for his appeal indicate how or why his release was ordered, he has not been there since at least July."
A process server found Smirnov was no longer at the prison when he attempted to serve papers for a civil lawsuit related to his time working as a confidential FBI informant on a securities fraud case involving a California man named Andrew Hackett, and the prison confirmed he was on "furlough, according to emails and court filings Sweet reviewed."
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Read more: https://www.rawstory.com/pardon-2674275403/
A flight risk prisoner gets furlough???? whow. And is now gone missing!!
Bet Trump and or his gang know how to get in touch with him.
BlueKota
(4,904 posts)Marie Marie
(10,722 posts)10-1 Trump had everything to do with him "escaping" his prison sentence.
rubbersole
(10,886 posts)His value just lost its "affordability".
BlueKota
(4,904 posts)sop
(16,882 posts)that Epstein's coffin contains Epstein?
C Moon
(13,332 posts)Money talks.
Buddyzbuddy
(1,907 posts)Last I heard, they have all of the power.
C Moon
(13,332 posts)Buddyzbuddy
(1,907 posts)maxsolomon
(37,820 posts)That's not the case.
It's just Repukes.
C Moon
(13,332 posts)They must have paid of lots of people to do that one.
ananda
(33,991 posts)And I mean none.
Mr. Evil
(3,418 posts)Mr. Sparkle
(3,554 posts)They are not planning on leaving.
RussBLib
(10,348 posts)don't ask me how.
https://russblib.blogspot.com
bluedigger
(17,356 posts)Furlough?
mn9driver
(4,798 posts)Hes been disappeared. That might be good for him , or very bad for him. Im betting on bad.
reACTIONary
(6,851 posts)... for an eye condition that needs treatment.

gab13by13
(30,676 posts)These people are way more evil than people are giving them credit for.
FakeNoose
(39,493 posts)They can get things done without leaving fingerprints or missing video time.
yellow dahlia
(4,014 posts)bluestarone
(20,783 posts)Last edited Sat Nov 8, 2025, 11:22 AM - Edit history (1)
Like Maxwell doesn't realize she's a dead woman. Let's watch this play out. Just adding here to explain my thinking. I'm saying it's their OWN people will do to them, what they did to Epstein himself in prison. They know TOO MUCH, to be allowed to breath. Their time will come at a certain point. Especially if we regain the House.
ChicagoTeamster
(172 posts)GB_RN
(3,465 posts)Said underling criminals become a liability, or Cantaloupe Caligula the Corpulent needs a fall guy, whom [hes] never met.
ChicagoTeamster
(172 posts)70sEraVet
(5,117 posts)DallasNE
(7,922 posts)So he wouldn't appear on a no-fly list, and he is now safe back in Russia. Funny how those things can work.
RedWhiteBlueIsRacist
(1,514 posts)reACTIONary
(6,851 posts)... Raw Story seemed to miss that.
wolfie001
(6,524 posts)C'mon Reaper Man! Go Reaper Man!
Sneederbunk
(16,975 posts)Is Smironov now a valet for Maxwell?
red dog 1
(32,132 posts)hearings against the then-president in 2023" (From the OP)
After months of failed attempts to find and locate Smirnov, the local sheriff's department managed to receive a clearer response from the facility.
"They've confirmed that Mr. Smirnov has been furloughed, but no forwarding or new address has been provided," the message read.
(The New Republic, 11/7/2025)
reACTIONary
(6,851 posts).... Since Mr. Smirnovs arrest, he has required crucial eye surgery which was denied to him for an extended period of time, which only exacerbated an already serious condition, his lawyer David Chesnoff said"
https://www.aol.com/articles/fbi-informant-jailed-biden-bribe-201755579.html
https://nypost.com/2025/11/07/us-news/fbi-informant-jailed-for-biden-bribe-claim-released-on-medical-furlough-lawyer/
I wonder why Raw Story didn't mention that?
Kid Berwyn
(22,297 posts)So what if Smirnov got out for an "eye disease"?
Fucker worked to help MAGA do all it could to destroy Biden's presidency.
New York Post missed that.
reACTIONary
(6,851 posts).... at least any more than the minimum required to treat the eye disease. And once that is done, he'll be back in the clink.
I think this is yet more click bait reporting for the sake of inciting outrage driven traffic.