Anna Bower is a senior editor at Lawfare, where she reports on courts and litigation. She holds law degrees from the University of Cambridge and Harvard Law School and writes Slip Opinion, a newsletter about law and legal news.
Bower argues that an answer about a hypothetical laptop cannot establish the alleged false statement. She says the agent acknowledged the hypothetical question while maintaining his accusation. This is her assessment of that exchange, not a ruling on every charge.
“it's clear that that cannot be a false statement”
DOJ accuses former FBI officials Nikki Floris and Bradley Benavides of knowingly lying to Congress about Hunter Biden investigations. Their lawyers deny the allegations and describe the prosecution as politically driven.
