Fox News legal analyst Gregg Jarrett: “Maybe Smirnov is telling the truth” and he was arrested by the FBI as a cover-up
Jarrett: “Is the FBI covering up its own misconduct?”
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Fox News legal analyst Gregg Jarrett: “Maybe Smirnov is telling the truth” and he was arrested by the FBI as a cover-up
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From the February 22, 2024, edition of Premiere Radio Networks' The Sean Hannity Show
SEAN HANNITY (HOST): It's interesting what Charles Grassley is now doing. He was the one that publicly released the 1023 form, and he's saying this indictment's not enough. He said the public has the right to see all the underlying evidence supporting the Biden Justice Department's case. The Biden administration must show its work. I actually agree with that. On top of that, The New York Post is reporting that there is a corroborating witness whose name is Alexander Ostapenko or Panko. And did the FBI ever check with him? Because apparently not. If you look at a word search through the DOJ's 37-page Smirnov indictment, nowhere is the name, Alexander Ostapenko, mentioned one time. No. It wasn't mentioned one time. I'd like to know what happened with him.
GREGG JARRETT (GUEST): It does make you wonder. By filing the criminal charges against Smirnov, is the FBI covering up its own misconduct? You know, again, they vouched for him for years, said he was trusted. They paid him truckloads of money, and they hid the 1023 form in Smirnov's identity until Grassley came up with it. And then suddenly now, they charge Smirnov. Well, maybe Smirnov's telling the truth. You can't trust the FBI to properly investigate it.
HANNITY: It is amazing, and then, oopsie daisy, yeah, we signed four FISA warrants based on our trusted informant and took away the rights of American citizens in the process. But oopsie daisy, nobody gets held accountable.