Hunterghazi special counsel David Weiss on Wednesday asked a California federal judge to overrule a Nevada federal magistrate’s grant of bail to James Comer and Jim Jordan’s Russian-paid pal Alex Smirnov, explaining that the asshole has the means, method, and motive to flee prosecution.
“No condition or combination of conditions will reasonably assure the appearance of the defendant Alexander Smirnov as required. As discussed in more detail below, the nature and circumstances of the offense, weight of the evidence, and the fact that Smirnov’s ties to the community are weak establish that Smirnov should be detained. But, in addition, there are four indisputable facts related to the characteristics of Smirnov that compel detention. First, he claims to have contacts with multiple foreign intelligence agencies and had plans to leave the United States two days after he was arrested last week for a months-long, multi-country foreign trip. During this trip, the defendant claimed to be meeting with foreign intelligence contacts. Those foreign intelligence agencies could resettle Smirnov outside the United States if he were released,” wrote Weiss, before going on to explain how Smirnov lied about access to a bank account with a $6 million balance and his ability to obtain an Israeli passport so that was really, seriously fucking stupid to grant him bail.