FBI official who probed Trump-Russia ties set to plead guilty to illegally working for Russian oligarch

[Anonymous]

Disgraced FBI agent Charles McGonigal — who investigated the Trump campaign’s alleged ties to Moscow in 2016 — is slated to take a guilty plea in the case accusing him of illegally working for a Russian oligarch.

“The court has been informed that defendant Charles McGonigal may wish to enter a change of plea,” Manhattan federal Judge Jennifer Rearden wrote in a brief order filed Monday, scheduling a hearing for Aug. 15.

McGonigal, 54, — a former top FBI counterintelligence agent based in New York — was indicted in January on charges including money laundering and violating US sanctions by working for Russian billionaire and business magnate Oleg Deripaska, including trying to get him taken off of the US sanctions list.

McGonigal was legally required to report to the FBI his contact with foreign officials, but instead allegedly hid the ties, pursing business and overseas travel that conflicted with his job.

McGonigal pleaded not guilty to the four counts: Conspiring to violate and evade US sanctions, money laundering, conspiring to commit money laundering and conspiring to violate federal law against doing business with sanctioned individuals.

https://nypost.com/2023/08/07/ex-fbi-official-slated-to-plead-guilty-in-corruption-case/

[Anonymous]

"investigated" - he is the one who basically cleared Trump, hiding the obvious crimes taking place.

More will come out because he is cooperating.

[Anonymous]

Anyone with a thinking brain knew Trump's campaign had ties to Russia.

[Anonymous]

Usually, when it turns out that an investigator is corrupt, they re-open all his cases and look at them again. Will that do that with the Trump campaign? Just in time for 2024.

[Anonymous]

Same thing with Giuliani. These guys were on the take from Russia.

It's actually incredible how deep they got into the highest levels of law enforcement and the IC.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"investigated" - he is the one who basically cleared Trump, hiding the obvious crimes taking place.

More will come out because he is cooperating.

+1
I think OP is hopity hope hoping that her side will be cleared of all treason when in reality the GOP wouldn’t be anything without treason.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Same thing with Giuliani. These guys were on the take from Russia.

It's actually incredible how deep they got into the highest levels of law enforcement and the IC.

Guiliani has been on the take from Russia for decades. He was lauded for getting the Italian mob out of New York, but everyone turned a blind eye to the Russian replacements.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Same thing with Giuliani. These guys were on the take from Russia.

It's actually incredible how deep they got into the highest levels of law enforcement and the IC.

Guiliani has been on the take from Russia for decades. He was lauded for getting the Italian mob out of New York, but everyone turned a blind eye to the Russian replacements.

that's just self hate

[Anonymous]

Not surprised. It's obvious many people in are in debt to Russian oligarchs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not surprised. It's obvious many people in are in debt to Russian oligarchs.

Republicans.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not surprised. It's obvious many people in are in debt to Russian oligarchs.

Republicans.

Goes without saying.

It's quite rich that the FBI agent placed in charge of Trump's Russia investigation was also getting Russian money.

Obviously the GOP corruption goes deeper.

[Anonymous]

There’s a new whistleblower in town.

“A veteran FBI counterintelligence agent says his supervisor told him to stop investigating Rudy Giuliani and to cut off contact with any sources who reported on corruption by associates of former President Donald Trump, according to a whistleblower complaint obtained by Insider.

The agent, who served 14 years as a special agent for the bureau, including a long stint in Russia-focussed counter-intelligence, claims in a 22-page statement that his bosses interfered with his work in "a highly suspicious suppression of investigations and intelligence-gathering" aimed at protecting "certain politically active figures and possibly also FBI agents" who were connected to Russian and Ukrainian oligarchs.

Those figures, the statement claims, explicitly included "anyone in the [Trump] White House and any former or current associates of President Trump."

The statement, which was prepared for staffers of the Senate Judiciary Committee, was apparently leaked and posted in mid-July to a Substack newsletter. Insider has independently obtained a copy of the complaint and verified its authenticity, but has not corroborated all of its claims.

The whistleblower says he doesn't know who the upset supervisor was. But he blames "a group of people surrounding [Giuliani] with existing or historical ties to the bureau" for a pattern of "retaliatory action." The statement points to Charles McGonigal, the now-indicted former head of FBI counterintelligence in New York, as one possible source of the apparent "suppressive efforts."

https://www.businessinsider.com/fbi-whistleblower-senate-judiciary-russia-giuliani-leak-trump-allies-fuks-biden-2023-8

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There’s a new whistleblower in town.

“A veteran FBI counterintelligence agent says his supervisor told him to stop investigating Rudy Giuliani and to cut off contact with any sources who reported on corruption by associates of former President Donald Trump, according to a whistleblower complaint obtained by Insider.

The agent, who served 14 years as a special agent for the bureau, including a long stint in Russia-focussed counter-intelligence, claims in a 22-page statement that his bosses interfered with his work in "a highly suspicious suppression of investigations and intelligence-gathering" aimed at protecting "certain politically active figures and possibly also FBI agents" who were connected to Russian and Ukrainian oligarchs.

Those figures, the statement claims, explicitly included "anyone in the [Trump] White House and any former or current associates of President Trump."

The statement, which was prepared for staffers of the Senate Judiciary Committee, was apparently leaked and posted in mid-July to a Substack newsletter. Insider has independently obtained a copy of the complaint and verified its authenticity, but has not corroborated all of its claims.

The whistleblower says he doesn't know who the upset supervisor was. But he blames "a group of people surrounding [Giuliani] with existing or historical ties to the bureau" for a pattern of "retaliatory action." The statement points to Charles McGonigal, the now-indicted former head of FBI counterintelligence in New York, as one possible source of the apparent "suppressive efforts."

https://www.businessinsider.com/fbi-whistleblower-senate-judiciary-russia-giuliani-leak-trump-allies-fuks-biden-2023-8

An actual whistleblower and s/he’s being ignored by the GOP? Figures. They’ve invented so many “whistleblowers” that they assume this is also made up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not surprised. It's obvious many people in are in debt to Russian oligarchs.

Republicans.

Goes without saying.

It's quite rich that the FBI agent placed in charge of Trump's Russia investigation was also getting Russian money.

Obviously the GOP corruption goes deeper.

fox guarding the hen house. That's how the R party operates now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There’s a new whistleblower in town.

“A veteran FBI counterintelligence agent says his supervisor told him to stop investigating Rudy Giuliani and to cut off contact with any sources who reported on corruption by associates of former President Donald Trump, according to a whistleblower complaint obtained by Insider.

The agent, who served 14 years as a special agent for the bureau, including a long stint in Russia-focussed counter-intelligence, claims in a 22-page statement that his bosses interfered with his work in "a highly suspicious suppression of investigations and intelligence-gathering" aimed at protecting "certain politically active figures and possibly also FBI agents" who were connected to Russian and Ukrainian oligarchs.

Those figures, the statement claims, explicitly included "anyone in the [Trump] White House and any former or current associates of President Trump."

The statement, which was prepared for staffers of the Senate Judiciary Committee, was apparently leaked and posted in mid-July to a Substack newsletter. Insider has independently obtained a copy of the complaint and verified its authenticity, but has not corroborated all of its claims.

The whistleblower says he doesn't know who the upset supervisor was. But he blames "a group of people surrounding [Giuliani] with existing or historical ties to the bureau" for a pattern of "retaliatory action." The statement points to Charles McGonigal, the now-indicted former head of FBI counterintelligence in New York, as one possible source of the apparent "suppressive efforts."

https://www.businessinsider.com/fbi-whistleblower-senate-judiciary-russia-giuliani-leak-trump-allies-fuks-biden-2023-8

WOW!