Former FBI officials charged in connection with Hunter Biden laptop probe

Former FBI agents Nikki Floris and Bradley Benavides, who led the bureau’s Foreign Intelligence Task Force, have been charged with lying to Congress about the 2020 investigation into Hunter Biden’s laptop. They made their first court appearance in Washington on Friday. Prosecutors allege that their testimony that the task force was not involved is contradicted by messages from the same period. Their lawyers accused the Justice Department of bringing politically motivated charges days before the November 3 midterm elections.