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riversedge

(78,834 posts)
Fri Nov 7, 2025, 02:21 PM Nov 7

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.

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Questions raised as Biden impeachment witness goes missing from prison after lying to FBI (Original Post) riversedge Nov 7 OP
He's probably in Russia BlueKota Nov 7 #1
And Trump probably lent him AF1 to get there. Marie Marie Nov 7 #9
We're in Russia. rubbersole Nov 7 #12
Good point BlueKota Nov 7 #20
Are we sure Ghislaine Maxwell hasn't gone "missing," too? sop Nov 7 #2
Are we sure Codifer Nov 8 #36
Our country is so freaking corrupt...in every single corner. C Moon Nov 7 #3
You mean this Administration and Republicans. Buddyzbuddy Nov 7 #10
Yes. I was just pissed and yelling. :) C Moon Nov 7 #27
I completely relate. Buddyzbuddy Nov 7 #30
"Every single corner"? maxsolomon Nov 7 #14
Yes. I was just screaming nonsense. I'm just surprised that they were able to sneak someone out of a prison. C Moon Nov 7 #26
Remember... no bar too low. ananda Nov 7 #16
You are so right. Mr. Evil Nov 7 #19
This administration is a criminal enterprise Mr. Sparkle Nov 7 #4
so we may have to pry them out RussBLib Nov 7 #21
Furlough? bluedigger Nov 7 #5
It seems likely that this guy knows too much. mn9driver Nov 7 #6
His lawyer says that he has been given a medical furlough.... reACTIONary Nov 7 #34
Found usonian Nov 7 #7
More likely he was Epsteined. gab13by13 Nov 7 #8
The prison guards are a little smarter now FakeNoose Nov 7 #13
I wondered the same. yellow dahlia Nov 7 #22
He probably doesn't realize he's a dead man. bluestarone Nov 7 #24
Like Hitler, Trump has to demonstrate rewards for those who loyally crime on his behalf ChicagoTeamster Nov 7 #11
Just Until... GB_RN Nov 7 #18
I'm going to have to start using that nickname ChicagoTeamster Nov 7 #23
Is he the only furloughed guy in the country getting a paycheck right now? 70sEraVet Nov 7 #15
Trump Probably Gave Him A New Identity DallasNE Nov 7 #17
Are these pardons, or is Trump just breaking people out of jail? RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Nov 7 #25
He has a medical furlough.... reACTIONary Nov 7 #33
No bottom to this horrific nightmare slug wolfie001 Nov 7 #28
Did anyone check? Sneederbunk Nov 7 #29
"Smirnov's claims to the FBI about Burisma and the Biden's formed the basis for the House Republican impeachment red dog 1 Nov 7 #31
He has a medical furlough.... reACTIONary Nov 7 #32
Nobody's perfect. Kid Berwyn Monday #39
I don't think he has "gotten out"... reACTIONary Monday #40
You know it. THisis beyond fishy -- it's plain as day. KPN Nov 8 #35
How convenient ck4829 Monday #37
He's been missing from JAIL for months and it is being reported now? travelingthrulife Monday #38

Marie Marie

(10,722 posts)
9. And Trump probably lent him AF1 to get there.
Fri Nov 7, 2025, 03:45 PM
Nov 7

10-1 Trump had everything to do with him "escaping" his prison sentence.

C Moon

(13,332 posts)
26. Yes. I was just screaming nonsense. I'm just surprised that they were able to sneak someone out of a prison.
Fri Nov 7, 2025, 07:31 PM
Nov 7

They must have paid of lots of people to do that one.

mn9driver

(4,798 posts)
6. It seems likely that this guy knows too much.
Fri Nov 7, 2025, 03:12 PM
Nov 7

He’s been disappeared. That might be good for him , or very bad for him. I’m betting on bad.

reACTIONary

(6,851 posts)
34. His lawyer says that he has been given a medical furlough....
Fri Nov 7, 2025, 08:53 PM
Nov 7

... for an eye condition that needs treatment.

gab13by13

(30,676 posts)
8. More likely he was Epsteined.
Fri Nov 7, 2025, 03:22 PM
Nov 7

These people are way more evil than people are giving them credit for.

FakeNoose

(39,493 posts)
13. The prison guards are a little smarter now
Fri Nov 7, 2025, 04:36 PM
Nov 7

They can get things done without leaving fingerprints or missing video time.

bluestarone

(20,783 posts)
24. He probably doesn't realize he's a dead man.
Fri Nov 7, 2025, 06:55 PM
Nov 7

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.

GB_RN

(3,465 posts)
18. Just Until...
Fri Nov 7, 2025, 05:13 PM
Nov 7

Said underling criminals become a liability, or Cantaloupe Caligula the Corpulent needs a fall guy, “whom [he’s] never met.”

DallasNE

(7,922 posts)
17. Trump Probably Gave Him A New Identity
Fri Nov 7, 2025, 05:00 PM
Nov 7

So he wouldn't appear on a no-fly list, and he is now safe back in Russia. Funny how those things can work.

red dog 1

(32,132 posts)
31. "Smirnov's claims to the FBI about Burisma and the Biden's formed the basis for the House Republican impeachment
Fri Nov 7, 2025, 08:35 PM
Nov 7

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)
32. He has a medical furlough....
Fri Nov 7, 2025, 08:50 PM
Nov 7

.... “Since Mr. Smirnov’s 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)
39. Nobody's perfect.
Mon Nov 10, 2025, 12:46 PM
Monday

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)
40. I don't think he has "gotten out"...
Mon Nov 10, 2025, 03:44 PM
Monday

.... 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.

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