CNN —Special counsel David Weiss asked a California judge Wednesday to send indicted ex-FBI informant Alexander Smirnov back to jail while he awaits trial.
A magistrate judge in Las Vegas released Smirnov on Tuesday, finding that even enough Smirnov posed a flight risk, he could be released under certain conditions.
Those conditions include GPS monitoring, confiscating his two passports, and ordering him to remain in Nevada where he currently lives.
Smirnov is charged with lying to the FBI about the Biden family’s dealings in Ukraine.
In the court filings, Weiss said that Smirnov repeatedly lied to his FBI handler, whom he worked with for more than a decade, and should not be trusted.
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