Judge Dismisses Charges Against Two Former FBI Officials Accused of Lying to Congress
Judge Zia Faruqui found no probable cause to support charges against two former FBI officials accused of lying to Congress about the Hunter Biden probe, according to The Hill.
A federal judge on Monday dismissed charges against two former FBI officials accused of lying to Congress, The Hill reported in a story by Sophie Brams. The outlet said Judge Zia Faruqui, a magistrate judge who sits on the federal bench in D.C., found no probable cause to support the charges against Nikki Floris and a second former official.
ABC News reported that a judge had dismissed the Justice Department's federal false statements case against two former FBI agents accused of lying to Congress about past investigations of Hunter Biden. The Hill and ABC News agree that a judge ended the case.
Fox News carried a report whose headline said a judge "tosses case" against ex-FBI officials accused of lying to Congress about the Hunter Biden investigation. No summary of that report was available for this story, so its details are not included here.
The accounts differ in how they describe the underlying matter. The Hill said the officials were accused of lying about their involvement in the federal investigation into Hunter Biden's laptop, while ABC News described investigations of Hunter Biden more generally.
Neither The Hill nor ABC News, in the summaries available for this story, said whether the dismissal was with or without prejudice, or whether the Justice Department intends to appeal. The Hill's summary was cut off before naming the second official, so that official is not identified here.
Sources: Fox News: Judge tosses case against ex-FBI officials accused of lying to Congress about Hunter Biden investigation; The Hill: Federal judge dismisses case against ex-FBI officials accused of lying about Biden laptop probe; ABC News: Judge dismisses DOJ case against two ex-FBI agents who investigated Hunter Biden.