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CNN legal analyst Elie Honig on Wednesday shoveled dirt on the Republican-led impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden, which was dealt a lethal blow this week after it was revealed that a key source for the inquiry admitted to having gotten information from people associated with Russian intelligence services. At the start of his analysis, Honig explained how longtime FBI informant Alexander Smirnov managed to initially deceive law enforcement officials for so long. “The FBI got burned here,” he said. “The FBI handles thousands of what we call ‘confidential informants’ at any given time. …

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