#FBI Ex-FBI Intelligence Officials Charged: Less than two weeks before the November 3 midterm elections, the Justice Department filed a criminal complaint charging two former FBI intelligence officials—Nikki Floris and Brad Benavides—with lying to Congress about their roles in the 2020 Hunter Biden laptop inquiry. Both served on the FBI’s Foreign Influence Task Force before it was disbanded in February 2025. Because prosecutors charged the pair via criminal complaint rather than securing a grand jury indictment, U.S. Magistrate Judge Zia Faruqui called it “rare that we have charges this old coming in this nature” and ordered a preliminary hearing for Tuesday. Global News Briefing: October 24

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Ex-FBI Intelligence Officials Charged: Less than two weeks before the November 3 midterm elections, the Justice Department filed a criminal complaint charging two former FBI intelligence officials—Nikki Floris and Brad Benavides—with lying to Congress about their roles in the 2020 Hunter Biden laptop inquiry. Both served on the FBI’s Foreign Influence Task Force before it was disbanded in February 2025. Because prosecutors charged the pair via criminal complaint rather than securing a grand jury indictment, U.S. Magistrate Judge Zia Faruqui called it “rare that we have charges this old coming in this nature” and ordered a preliminary hearing for Tuesday. 

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FBI Laptop Probe Charges: Two former FBI officials were criminally indicted on charges of lying to Congress during past testimonies regarding the timing and handling of the Hunter Biden laptop investigation. [1, 2]
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