First on CNN: DOJ brings criminal charges against FBI officials it believes hampered Biden corruption investigationCNN独家报道：司法部对涉嫌妨碍拜登腐败调查的联邦调查局官员提起刑事诉讼
Two former FBI officials are facing charges for allegedly lying to Congress as part of a probe that focused whether FBI investigators sought to minimize allegations of Biden family corruption and evidence of Hunter Biden’s laptop, two people briefed on the investigation said.
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Two former FBI officials are facing charges for allegedly lying to Congress as part of a probe that focused whether FBI investigators sought to minimize allegations of Biden family corruption and evidence of Hunter Biden’s laptop, two people briefed on the investigation said.
The Washington, DC, US Attorney’s office is expected to announce the charges Friday.
The charges come less than two weeks before Election Day. Biden’s son Hunter was ultimately convicted of federal tax and gun charges then pardoned by his father around Thanksgiving in 2024.
Trump and Republicans have accused the Bidens of corruption, especially after IRS whistleblowers claimed the FBI had slow-walked an investigation into Hunter Biden while President Joe Biden was in office.
A special counsel thoroughly investigated the Republicans’ allegations against Hunter Biden and didn’t recommend any additional charges past the gun and tax charges. A separate government informant was charged by that special counsel, David Weiss, for providing false information alleging bribery in the Biden family.
This story is developing and will be updated.
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据两名了解调查情况的人士透露，两名前联邦调查局官员因涉嫌向国会撒谎而面临指控。此次调查的重点是联邦调查局调查人员是否试图淡化有关拜登家族腐败的指控以及亨特·拜登笔记本电脑的证据。
美国华盛顿特区检察官办公室预计将于周五宣布指控内容。
这些指控是在大选日不到两周前提出的。拜登的儿子亨特最终因联邦税务和枪支指控被定罪，然后在2024年感恩节前后被他的父亲赦免。
特朗普和共和党人指责拜登家族腐败，尤其是在美国国税局举报人声称，在乔·拜登总统任职期间，联邦调查局故意拖延对亨特·拜登的调查之后。
特别检察官对共和党人针对亨特·拜登的指控进行了彻底调查，除枪支和税务指控外，并未建议追加其他指控。另一位政府线人戴维·韦斯也因提供虚假信息指控拜登家族存在贿赂行为而被该特别检察官起诉。
此事件仍在发展中，我们将持续更新报道。