A federal judge in Los Angeles has denied the U.S. government's request to release a former FBI informant while he appeals ...

The Trump administration had signaled it might try to undo the guilty plea and six-year prison sentence for Alexander Smirnov ...

Multiple federal prosecutors in Los Angeles submitted resignations after U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli offered a plea agreement ...

A former FBI informant who made a phoney corruption claim about president Joe Biden and his son Hunter won't be released from ...

The decision, issued Wednesday by U.S. District Judge Otis Wright in Los Angeles, comes weeks after a new prosecutor reassigned to Alexander Smirnov's case jointly filed a motion with his ...

FILE - Former FBI informant Alexander Smirnov, left, walks out of his lawyer's office in downtown Las Vegas after being released from federal custody on Feb. 20, 2024. LAS VEGAS (AP ...