Posted on 08/16/2023 1:07:04 AM PDT by CFW
A former FBI official who played a key role in the “Russiagate” investigation into former President Donald Trump pled guilty on Tuesday to conspiracy to provide illegal services to a sanctioned Russian oligarch, according to a press release from the U.S. Southern District of New York Attorney’s Office.
Charles McGonigal, a former special agent and chief of counterintelligence at the FBI’s New York field office, pled guilty to money laundering and conspiring to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), in connection to services provided to Oleg Deripaska, a sanctioned Russian oligarch, according to the release issued Tuesday. McGonigal was a key player in spearheading the “Crossfire Hurricane” probe – informally referred to as “Russiagate” – in 2016, which was the investigation into the Trump campaign’s alleged ties to Russia, the New York Post reported.
“Charles McGonigal, by his own admission, betrayed his oath and actively concealed his illicit work at the bidding of a sanctioned Russian oligarch,” assistant attorney general of the Justice Department’s National Security Division, Matthew G. Olsen, said, according to the release. “Today’s plea shows the Department of Justice’s resolve to pursue and dismantle the illegal networks that Russian oligarchs use to try to escape the reach of our sanctions and evade our laws.”
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This is a big fish catch, the size of a sperm whale if you know the FBI hierarchy. Dampened close to treason.
This is a sacrificial lamb to support the illusion of FBI credibility. Hopefully they find it necessary to sacrifice more of their side.
“He was also one of the key figures who helped trigger special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into allegations that Trump’s campaign team colluded with Russia to help the former president win the 2016 election.
McGonigal, while serving as chief of the cybercrimes section at the FBI headquarters in Washington, DC, was among the first FBI officials to be made aware of allegations that George Papadopoulos, a 2016 campaign adviser for Trump, boasted that he knew Russians had political dirt on Democrat candidate Hillary Clinton.
This information led to the FBI launching “Crossfire Hurricane,” which would examine whether Trump officials had been coordinating “wittingly or unwittingly” with Russia’s attempts to interfere in the 2016 presidential election.”
https://www.newsweek.com/charles-mcgonigal-trump-russia-2016-investigation-muller-1776049
He is is Democrat pawn and needs to be pressed for more information, before he gets Epsteined.
I wonder if the fibs are also looking for other big fish that helped Russians evade sanctions.
Yelena Baturina comes to mind and the small network that kept her off the sanctions list.
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Presently there is no law.
Since there is no law, there is no law protecting the lives of the DA’s and prosecutors who have weaponized it to assert tyrannical political control
He’ll walk.
The FBI is nothing more than the enforcement arm of the Media-Dem Party, so it is not surprising that one of them would be caught doing what he was accusing Trump of doing, colluding with Russians. But, never forget, the FBI can show up at your house and kill you if they want, if you don’t have the seal of approval for your thoughts and opinions. Just ask that guy out in Utah.
50 months is a bit more than a pat on the fanny. He also has sentencing in DC this coming February for getting paid off by an Albanian while a FBI agent..
It will be interesting to see if the next sentencing runs concurrently with the the current one..
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