Chris Hayes Airs Rapid-Fire Montage of Fox Hosts Touting Now-Indicted Informant as Credible Source Against the Bidens

After months of touting the claims of a former FBI informant who now stands accused of lying to the Bureau, Fox News’ primetime lineup completely ignored this news after it broke on Thursday.

Alexander Smirnov was arrested on Thursday and charged with lying to the FBI. Key among his claims was that Joe Biden and Hunter Biden illicitly received $5 million each from Ukrainian energy company Burisma while Joe was vice president and Hunter served on Burisma’s board. The payments, according to Smirnov, were meant to “protect” Burisma from corruption investigations. Republicans have falsely claimed that Joe Biden used his leverage as vice president to get the Ukrainian government to fire a prosecutor who was probing Burisma. However, the prosecutor was fired for not investigating corruption in the country.

Smirnov’s accusations have been a meat-and-potatoes talking point for Republicans, who allege Joe Biden engaged in corruption as vice president. A yearlong investigation by the House Oversight Committee has failed to yield evidence of this explosive charge. Meanwhile, in 2023, Chairman James Comer (R-KY) notched more than 200 appearances on Fox News where he incessantly teased damning information against the Bidens. That information crucially included Smirnov’s claims.

On Friday’s All In on MSNBC, Chris Hayes aired a rapid-fire monologue of Fox hosts and guests, promoting said allegations:

ELIZABETH MACDONALD: A veteran FBI informant alleging both the president and Hunter Biden each took $5 million in bribes.

KAYLEIGH MCENANY: Details come from an FBI informant who is very trusted.

UNKNOWN: A highly reliable informant that has always checked out. All the information he’s ever given us has checked out.

COMER: We have determined that the whistleblower is extremely credible.

COMER [AGAIN]: This is a very crucial piece of our investigation.

SEN. TED CRUZ: A confidential human source that had been reliable previously to the FBI.

SEN. LINDSEY GRAHAM: A confidential informant that they had on the payroll.

SEAN HANNITY: Documented allegations of bribery from a trusted FBI confidential human source have now finally been released… Now, its contents are devastating.

“Trusted,” Hayes sarcastically echoed after the snippets played. “So trusted. So reliable. Highly credible. In fact, in just one year, Sean Hannity – that guy you just saw there – promoted the bogus claims of that so-called trusted informant no less than 85 times on his show. Twenty-eight of those segments were Hannity monologues.”

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