Republican: Colleagues were warned informant's Biden claims were not
verified

Rep. Ken Buck (R-Colo.) on Wednesday criticized his Republican
colleagues for using a former FBI informant's claims in their
impeachment inquiry even though the statements hadn't been verified.

"We were warned at the time that we received the document outlining
this witness's testimony. ... We were warned that the credibility of
this statement was not known," Buck said on CNN's "The Source."

"And yet, people, my colleagues went out and talk to the public about
how this was credible and how it was damning and how it proved
President Biden's === at the time Vice President Biden's -- complicity
in receiving bribes," he added.

The informant, Alexander Smirnov, was arrested and charged last week
with making false statements to the FBI. He had previously told the
FBI that President Biden and his son, Hunter Biden, received $5
million bribes from the head of Ukrainian energy firm Burisma.

House Republicans have previously put that claim at the front and
center of their investigations into the Bidens. Buck said it is
evident now that the information Smirnov relayed was false.

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4482705-republican-colleagues-warned-informants-biden-claims-not-be-corroborated/

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