Legal experts say there are key differences in the Christopher Steele and Alexander Smirnov cases.
The indictment of Alexander Smirnov, an ex-informant in the Justice Department's probe into the Biden family who is accused of lying to the FBI, has put the spotlight on former British spy Christopher Steele.As a 'confidential human source' in June 2020, Smirnov said executives at Ukrainian energy company Burisma paid the Bidens '$5 million each' in exchange for favors from Joe Biden during his term as vice president.
Former federal prosecutor Barbara McQuade said that while many of the statements in the Steele dossier were unconfirmed, it was not proven that Steele did not believe them to be true.'It is difficult to assess charging decisions by prosecutors because they often know facts that are not available to the public. But to charge someone with false statements, you must be able to prove that the person knew the statements were false,' she told Newsweek.
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