Two ex-FBI officials charged with allegedly lying about Hunter Biden probe: DOJ

Las Vegas Review-Journal | Tribune News Service | Getty ImagesTwo former senior FBI officials were taken into custody on Friday after being charged with lying to Congress about their roles in investigations into Hunter Biden, top Department of Justice officials announced.The former officials, 46-year-old Nikki Floris and 56-year-old Bradley Benavides, surrendered on arrest warrants Friday morning, U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro said in an X post."Floris and Benavides allegedly lied to Congress about their roles in the FBI's Hunter Biden investigations, with one claiming they only learned about it from Wikipedia — despite evidence showing their involvement in helping shape the public narrative about Hunter Biden's laptop right before the election," Pirro wrote.FBI Director Kash Patel said on X that the charges "stem from an ongoing investigation into the since-dissolved FBI Foreign Influence Task Force."Floris and Benavides, who both worked on that task force, testified that it "was not involved in the Hunter Biden investigations," Patel wrote. "Documentary evidence, contemporaneous communications, and witness accounts contradict their testimony."Attorneys ...