It had barely been a week since he had been released from detention.
Thursday morning, Alexandre Smirnov was arrested for the second time in Las Vegas.
The former FBI informant, prosecuted for having falsely accused the American president and his son of corruption - an accusation which served as the basis for the impeachment inquiry led by the Republicans against Joe Biden -, is suspected by the prosecutors in charge of the matter of wanting to escape.
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Pointing to his ties to Russian agents and the millions of dollars in his possession, prosecutors argue he may want to escape American justice.
Describing their client's arrest as unnecessary and "
bizarre
", his lawyers say his presence on their premises "
contradicts the idea that he is a flight risk
".
They urgently requested a hearing to have him released.
An inveterate liar
Alexander Smirnov worked for several years with the American federal police.
He stood out in 2020, when he told…
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