A judge denied the Trump administration's request to release the former informant who made up a story about President Joe ...

The former high-ranking FBI agent accused of working for a Russian oligarch and conspiring to commit money laundering is negotiating a potential agreement with prosecutors to plead guilty next week in ...

FILE - Former FBI informant Alexander Smirnov ... Smirnov, 44, was sentenced to six years in prison in early January after pleading guilty in federal court in Los Angeles to tax evasion and ...

A federal judge has denied the U.S. government's request to release from prison a former FBI informant who made ... was sentenced in January after pleading guilty to tax evasion and lying to ...

FILE - Former FBI informant Alexander Smirnov ... Smirnov, 44, was sentenced in January after pleading guilty to tax evasion and lying to the FBI about the phony bribery scheme, which was ...