Justice Department charges two former FBI officials with lying to Congress

The U.S. Justice Department charged two former FBI officials on Friday with lying to Congress. Nikki Floris, 46, and Bradley Benavides, 56, each face one count of making false statements. They gave the false testimony to the House Judiciary Committee in 2023. Both worked as senior counterintelligence specialists on the Foreign Influence Task Force. Their charges relate to how the FBI handled Hunter Biden's laptop before the 2020 presidential election. One official told Congress she had learned about the investigation from Wikipedia. However, evidence suggests she helped shape what the public was told about the laptop. The criminal complaint runs to 27 pages and was filed in Federal District Court in Washington. Both officials surrendered and appeared in court on the same day the charges were filed.