New charges filed ex-FBI officials related to Hunter Biden probe
Summary
Federal prosecutors filed new criminal charges against former FBI officials Nikki Floris and Bradley Benavides, accusing them of making false statements to Congress and obstructing a congressional proceeding. The allegations concern their 2023 testimony about the FBI’s Foreign Influence Task Force and its work related to Hunter Biden; both defendants were due in court for a preliminary hearing on Tuesday.Key Facts
- Prosecutors filed the superseding criminal complaint early Tuesday in federal court in Washington, D.C.
- The complaint alleges Floris and Benavides knowingly made materially false statements to a congressional committee and sought to impede its investigation.
- The charges concern testimony Floris gave on July 19, 2023, and Benavides gave on September 28, 2023.
- The testimony addressed the FBI’s Foreign Influence Task Force and an operation called Round River, which gathered informant reporting that included information about Hunter Biden.
- Floris served as the task force’s deputy assistant director from mid-2019 through mid-2022.
- Benavides served as a task force section chief from mid-2019 through the 2020 election.
- Floris’s lawyers criticized the filing as unsigned and unsworn and said they would raise it at the hearing.
- The article reports that the charges were filed shortly before the midterm elections and notes concerns raised by former prosecutors and federal officials about the timing.
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