Biden investigation: Former Israeli military officer alleging Biden household corruption underneath federal indictment

The Division of Justice introduced an eight-count indictment in opposition to Gal Luft, a former Israeli military officer and sought-after Home Oversight Committee witness. Luft lately got here ahead to allege that he had proof of the Biden household's involvement in bribery and funds related to Chinese language army intelligence.

The U.S. Lawyer's Workplace for the Southern District of New York stated in a press release that Luft "willfully" did not register underneath the Overseas Brokers Registration Act. Moreover, Luft has been charged with "arms trafficking, Iranian sanctions violations, and making false statements to federal brokers."

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In a 14-minute video, filmed in an undisclosed location on Wednesday and revealed by the New York Submit, Luft insisted any claims in opposition to him had been solely false.

"I volunteered to tell the U.S. authorities about potential safety breach and about compromising details about a person vying to be the following president and now being hunted by the exact same individuals who I knowledgeable," he stated in a video final week.

Luft added, "Let me be clear: I'm not a Republican or a Democrat. I've no political motive or agenda. I did it out of deep concern that if the Bidens had been to come back to energy, the nation could be dealing with the identical traumatic Russia collusion scandal — solely this time, it might be China. Sadly, due to the DOJ’s cover-up, that is precisely what occurred," Luft stated.

The Israel professor stated he was arrested in Cypress to cease him from testifying earlier than congressional committees relating to bribery allegations in opposition to the Biden household.

“I warned the federal government about potential threat to the integrity of the 2020 elections. … Ask your self, who's the actual felony on this story?” he stated.

He referred to as himself “affected person zero of the Biden household investigation."

Luft stated he needed the minutes from the March 2019 Brussels assembly the place he revealed key details about the Biden household to a delegation of six federal officers to be launched.

In his 14-minute video final week, he alleged that one of many federal brokers who had met him in March 2019 was additionally the identical FBI agent Joshua Wilson who signed the subpoena for and seized Hunter Biden's laptop computer. In November 2019, Wilson acquired the machine variety of the MacBook Professional and decided it was Biden's by matching it to his Apple ID and iCloud account, in line with the Every day Mail.

"That they had sufficient time to research the difficulty however they did not," he stated.

Home Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) was getting ready to interview Luft as a “potential witness” within the Biden household inquiry, after which the important thing witness disappeared "with out a hint."

"He instructed a number of lies about his crimes to legislation enforcement," the DOJ stated in a press release on Monday. "LUFT conspired with others in an effort to behave inside the USA to advance the pursuits of the Folks’s Republic of China as brokers of China-based principals."

The DOJ maintains that Luft "conspired with others and tried to dealer illicit arms transactions with, amongst others, sure Chinese language people and entities."

Luft stated he "might need to stay on the run for the remainder of my life."