Ex-FBI employees charged with lying to Congress over Hunter Biden inquiries

The Justice Department has charged two former FBI employees, Bradley Benavides and Nikki Floris, with lying to Congress in 2023 about their knowledge of the FBI's Hunter Biden investigations. Both turned themselves in and appeared in court Friday. The article notes the charges come from the Trump administration's Justice Department and are the latest politically fraught prosecution, while lawyers for one defendant call the case politically timed and false.