The Ninth Circuit on Tuesday affirmed the sentence and dismissed an appeal of a former FBI informant who admitted to providing false information regarding bribes he said were accepted by then-Vice President Joe Biden and his son, Hunter Biden.
The court lacked the power to hear Alexander Smirnov’s claim the lower court erred in interpreting the terms of his plea agreement, a panel for the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit unanimously held. The three-judge panel — after determining earlier this month the case didn’t require oral arguments — also said the district court hadn’t breached Smirnov’s ...
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