Case dismissed against 2 ex-FBI officials in Hunter Biden probe
According to reporting by CBS News US National, The two former FBI officials, Nicole Floris and Bradley Benavides, were accused of falsely suggesting to Congress that they weren't aware of the federal investigations surrounding Hunter Biden.
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According to reporting by CBS News US National, The two former FBI officials, Nicole Floris and Bradley Benavides, were accused of falsely suggesting to Congress that they weren't aware of the federal investigations surrounding Hunter Biden.
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A federal magistrate judge on Monday dismissed the entire case against two former FBI officials who were accused of lying to Congress about their involvement in the investigation into Hunter Biden's laptop.
In a scathing, hour-long oral decision, U.S. Magistrate Judge Zia Faruqui said that he found the complaint against the pair lacked probable cause and accused the Justice Department of pursuing a weaponized, political case. Faruqui, who sits on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, said the case brought by the government "erodes public confidence in the Department of Justice."
The criminal complaint accused the former FBI officials, Nicole Floris and Bradley Benavides , of falsely suggesting to the House Judiciary Committee that they weren't aware of the government's investigations surrounding Hunter Biden.
Faruqui had already expressed shock and anger at the Justice Department for its actions in the case. The department initially filed an unsworn and unsigned superseding complaint against Benavides and Floris after midnight on the public court docket. Faruqui noted that he had not reviewed the complaint to establish whether there was probable cause a crime had been committed.
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