FBI officials who covered up Hunter Biden laptop charged with lying to Congress
WASHINGTON — Two ex-FBI officials who helped “shape the public narrative” on Hunter Biden’s infamous laptop were charged Friday for lying to Congress about their involvement discrediting stories about the troubled first son, according to federal authorities.
Nikki Floris and Bradley Benavides self-surrendered and are facing up to five years in prison each upon conviction. Through their lawyers, the former senior officials on the FBI’s Foreign Influence Task Force (FITF) denied wrongdoing.
The House Judiciary Committee in 2023 interviewed the FBI officials as part of a broad inquiry into then-President Joe Biden’s alleged family corruption and influence peddling by his former drug addicted son. The pair blatantly denied any involvement in the Hunter Biden investigation during their congressional interviews, which effectively closed down lines of inquiry, according to the feds.
“Floris and Benavides allegedly lied to Congress about their roles in the FBI’s Hunter Biden investigations, with one claiming they only learned about it from Wikipedia – despite evidence showing their involvement in helping shape the public narrative about Hunter Biden’s laptop right before the election,” said DC US Attorney Jeanine Pirro, who announced the charges with FBI Director Kash Patel on Friday.
Internal FBI messages and emails and other bureau employees’ testimony produced in the affidavit show the pair discussed Hunter Biden and his laptop frequently in the lead-up to the 2020 election.
Both Floris and Benavides “assisted with the FBI’s response to press inquiries” in the days after The Post’s bombshell Oct. 14, 2020, story on Hunter Biden’s laptop emails.
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