# Former FBI officials charged over Hunter Biden laptop probe

https://mins.news/en/item/113227

- Al Jazeera, 2026-10-23 18:22 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/23/former-fbi-officials-charged-in-connection-with-hunter-biden-laptop-probe?traffic_source=rss

> Former FBI agents Nikki Floris and Bradley Benavides were charged with lying to Congress over a 2020 investigation involving Hunter Biden’s laptop. Their lawyers accused the Justice Department of reviving the controversy just before the midterm vote; prosecutors said the officials’ testimony conflicted with messages from the same period.

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