Trump DOJ files new obstruction counts against ex-FBI officials in Hunter Biden laptop case
President Trump’s Justice Department hit two former FBI officials with fresh obstruction charges over the Hunter Biden laptop, and a D.C. judge promptly struck the late-night filing as improper.Federal prosecutors under President Donald Trump moved late Monday night to add new obstruction counts against former senior FBI officials Nikki Floris and Bradley Benavides, the two agents already accused of lying to Congress about the bureau’s handling of Hunter Biden’s laptop.
By Tuesday, U.S. Magistrate Judge Zia Faruqui had ordered those new charges struck from the record until the Justice Department re-filed them the right way.
The Daily Mail reported that the superseding complaint arrived unsigned and without the magistrate’s probable-cause sign-off, a step the court treats as basic. Faruqui made clear he had never seen that happen in his courtroom.
Floris, 46, and Benavides, 56, appeared in the D.C. court Tuesday. Last week each faced one count of allegedly lying to Congress about their roles on the FBI’s Foreign Influence Task Force and in the Hunter Biden investigation. The new filing added obstruction counts claiming they corruptly impeded a congressional proceeding.
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The Daily Mail reported that the superseding complaint arrived unsigned and without the magistrate’s probable-cause sign-off, a step the court treats as basic. Faruqui made clear he had never seen that happen in his courtroom.
Floris, 46, and Benavides, 56, appeared in the D.C. court Tuesday. Last week each faced one count of allegedly lying to Congress about their roles on the FBI’s Foreign Influence Task Force and in the Hunter Biden investigation. The new filing added obstruction counts claiming they corruptly impeded a congressional proceeding.
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