Via Emptywheel:

Vast majority of people watching the Alexander Smirnov story are missing most corrupt aspects of this:
1) Smirnov's FD 1023 was created via a dedicated side channel
2) Set up by Bill Barr
3) So Rudy Giuliani
4) Could share dirt from known RU spies
5) Targeting Joe Biden's kid
6) Without Rudy facing criminal penalties for soliciting campaign help from Russian spies himself