ByROSS IBBETSON, ASSOCIATE EDITOR
Published:11:01 EDT, 22 May 2026|Updated:15:04 EDT, 22 May 2026
Hunter Bidenhas accused Israeli intelligence of being behind a bogus bribery claim against his father in a stunning sit-down withCandace Owens.
The 56-year-old alleged his father was the victim of a Mossad-linked scheme that fueled the 2023 Republican impeachment inquiry, in a surprise sit-down with the conservative firebrand who spent years mocking him as a 'crackhead.'
He alleged thatdisgraced FBI informant Alexander Smirnov is 'a known Israeli intelligence agent' and that fugitive alleged arms dealer Gal Luft is hiding in Israel under government protection.
'They're the two principal individuals that made the only claim that people hung their hat on in Congress and elsewhere as it relates to my dad and corruption, bribery, and stuff like that,' Hunter told Owens.
He claimed that Smirnov has now mysteriously vanished from federal prison.
'He is on furlough but no one knows where he's been furloughed to and the only passport that he has is an Israeli passport,' Hunter said.
Smirnov, 44, was jailed for six years in January, 2025, for fabricating the claim that bosses at Ukrainian gas company Burisma paid Joe and Hunter $5 million each.
It became central to the Republican impeachment inquiry into the then-president.
Source: Drudge Report
