Two Former FBI Officials Charged Over Testimony on Hunter Biden Laptop Investigation
The US Justice Department announced on October 23, 2026, that two former senior FBI officials had been charged with allegedly making false statements to Congress about the bureau’s investigations involving Hunter Biden, the son of former US President Joe Biden.
The officials, Nikki Floris and Bradley Benavides, previously held senior positions in the FBI’s Foreign Influence Task Force, which worked on issues related to foreign interference in US elections.
According to the criminal complaint, both officials gave congressional testimony in 2023 about the task force’s involvement in…
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