# Two ex-FBI staff charged with lying to Congress on Hunter Biden

> Former agents allegedly misled lawmakers about their roles in investigating the laptop that became central to the 2020 election.
- Title: Two ex-FBI staff charged with lying to Congress on Hunter…
- Summary: Former agents allegedly misled lawmakers about their roles in investigating the laptop that became central to the 2020 election. The Justice Department…
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- Source: NPR — https://npr.org/2026/10/23/g-s1-149534/justice-fbi-charged-hunter-biden-laptop
- Published: 2026-10-23T00:00:00+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: hunter biden, fbi, congress, false statements, laptop, 2020 election, news
## Two ex-FBI agents face charges
The Justice Department charged Bradley Benavides, fifty-six, and Nikki Floris, forty-six, with making false statements to Congress in twenty twenty-three about their roles in FBI investigations into Hunter Biden.
## The laptop at the centre
Hunter Biden's laptop was abandoned at a Delaware repair shop in twenty nineteen and obtained by President Trump's former personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani.
## What prosecutors say they did
U.S. attorney for Washington, D.C., Jeanine Pirro said Floris and Benavides allegedly lied about their roles, with one claiming they only learned about it from Wikipedia despite evidence of their involvement in shaping the public…

> allegedly lied to Congress about their roles in the FBI's Hunter Biden investigations, with one claiming they only learned about it from Wikipedia, despite evidence showing their involvement in helping shape the public narrative about Hunter Biden's laptop right before the election.
## Next steps in court
Benavides and Floris appeared before Magistrate Judge Zia Faruqui on Friday morning. They are due back in court for a preliminary hearing on Tuesday.
## Key takeaway

The Justice Department charged two former FBI employees with making false statements to Congress about their involvement in Hunter Biden investigations.