Crime & Justice
Two former FBI officials charged with lying about Hunter Biden laptop investigation
October 23, 2026 at 04:57 PM
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2 reports · over 2 hours
The Justice Department charged two former FBI intelligence officials with making false statements about their roles in investigating Hunter Biden's laptop ahead of the 2020 election.
- Nikki Floris and Bradley Benavides surrendered Friday and made their first appearance in federal court in Washington DC.
- The charges concern allegedly lying to Congress about whether FBI investigators sought to minimize allegations of Biden family corruption.
- The case was filed 10 days before the November 3 midterm elections.
- Floris's attorneys said the Justice Department accused her "falsely… on the say-so of politicians, not on the facts," calling the charges "nonsense" filed "on the eve of an election."