# Lawyers for ex-FBI official denounce unusual new criminal charge as ‘outrageous government conduct’

https://mins.news/en/item/117654

- CNBC, 2026-10-27 15:19 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/10/27/fbi-hunter-biden-congress-charges-doj.html

> Two former FBI officials were initially accused by the Justice Department of lying in 2023 congressional testimony about their involvement in investigations of Hunter Biden.

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