Two former FBI officials charged over testimony about Hunter Biden investigations
Two former senior FBI officials were charged Friday with making false statements to Congress about their roles in the bureau’s investigations involving Hunter Biden and his laptop.
Nikki Floris, 46, and Bradley Benavides, 56, each face one count stemming from testimony they gave to the House Judiciary Committee in 2023. Both worked on the FBI’s since-dissolved Foreign Influence Task Force during the 2020 election.
A criminal complaint alleges that Floris and Benavides denied knowledge of or involvement in the Hunter Biden investigations despite documentary evidence, communications and witness accounts indicating that they were involved. Prosecutors allege their statements were intended to conceal the task force’s engagement with the investigations and impede the congressional inquiry. U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro said one official claimed to have learned about the laptop from Wikipedia. …