Two Ex-FBI Officials Charged With False Statements in Hunter Biden Laptop Inquiry
Two former FBI intelligence officials who worked on foreign election interference were charged Friday with making false statements about their roles in the inquiry into Hunter Biden's laptop before the 2020 election. Nikki Floris and Bradley Benavides surrendered and appeared in federal court in Washington the same day.
Floris's attorneys said the Justice Department had accused her falsely, quoting them as saying it was done on the say-so of politicians, not on the facts. They also called it no coincidence that the government filed the charges years later, on the eve of an election.
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The calendar is part of the story: the case was filed 10 days before the Nov. 3 elections and is the latest in a run of politically charged investigative moves before the midterms.
A filing date can raise suspicion without proving motive; the attorneys' statement calls the case politically driven and the timing no coincidence, but that is argument, not proof.