# Two former FBI officials face new obstruction charges over testimony to Congress

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/trumps-doj-unveils-bombshell-new-charges-for-ex-fbi-agents-accused-of-hunter-biden-laptop-cover-up/
- Published: 2026-10-27T14:52:03+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-27T15:07:25+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16242727/Trumps-DOJ-unveils-bombshell-new-charges-ex-FBI-agents-accused-Hunter-Biden-laptop-cover-up.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
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## Key points

- Two former FBI officials face new obstruction charges.
- The allegations concern their 2023 testimony to Congress.
- A judge questioned the timing of the case.

## Summary

The Justice Department has added obstruction charges against two former FBI officials accused of misleading Congress about their work on the bureau’s Foreign Influence Task Force and its Hunter Biden investigation. The case matters because it concerns sworn testimony to lawmakers and has drawn scrutiny over the timing of federal prosecutions close to an election.

Nikki Floris and Bradley Benavides were initially charged last week with one count each of allegedly making false statements to the House Judiciary Committee in 2023. A superseding indictment adds allegations of obstructing a congressional proceeding and lying to lawmakers; the officials appeared in court on Tuesday. Their lawyers and a magistrate judge questioned why prosecutors acted more than three years after the testimony, and the judge called the process “strange” while refusing a lengthy delay to the preliminary hearing.

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