Ex-FBI informant who made up bribery story about the Bidens will stay in prison, judge rules
A federal judge in Los Angeles has denied the U.S. government's request to release a former FBI informant while he appeals his case
https://www.the-independent.com/news/joe-biden-hunter-biden-fbi-las-vegas-republicans-b2742721.html
Alexander Smirnov (FBI informant)
Alexander Smirnov (born 1980)[1] is an Israeli-American former informant [2] who was charged with, and eventually pleaded guilty to, lying to the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and creating false records regarding the BidenโUkraine conspiracy theory.[3]
Early lifeSmirnov was born into a Russian-speaking family in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, present-day Ukraine. His family moved to Israel in 1992
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Smirnov_(FBI_informant)