By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court on Wednesday rejected a bid to release from jail a former FBI informant who is charged with fabricating a multimillion-dollar bribery scheme involving President Joe Biden’s family. Alexander Smirnov ‘s lawyers had urged the California-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to Read this story at KEYT , KEYT , KIFI , The Monitor , KTVZ , The Independent