"Smirnov never went public with any of the information he relayed to the FBI. It is up to the FBI to vet the information and determine whether it is credible.
Furthermore, Smirnov’s name was redacted from the FBI documents.
Democrats are using the arrest of Smirnov to torpedo the Biden impeachment inquiry since House Republicans relied on the Burisma whistleblower documents released by Senator Grassley for their probe.
Comer’s office responded to Dan Goldman’s latest attack:
1) We never knew the informant’s name
2) We never talked to the informant
3) The FBI never gave us his name and redacted the FD-1023 because they said he was so important to an ongoing investigation
4) The FBI told the committee, including Democrats, the informant was highly credible
No one is falling for this Russia Hoax 2.0 you’re peddling."