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Go after the Clintons and you might end up face-down somewhere with several bullets to the head and have it called suicide. Go after former President Donald Trump, and you might end up disgraced for having been caught doing what you accused him of doing.
Enter Charles McGonigal, a former special agent heading the FBI's counterintelligence division in New York.
[H/T Washington Times]
Chuck arrived at Manhattan federal court in New York on March 8th and pleaded guilty on September 22, to concealment of material facts which carries a maximum prison sentence of five years.
McGonigal was one of the agents involved in the make-believe Trump-Russia collusion probe and this was the second time Chucky pleaded guilty to criminal charges, this time for taking $225,000 in cash from a former intelligence agent, an ex-Albanian operative while working for the FBI.
The disgraced anti-Trumper, conspiracy theorist conspirator, was originally handed down nine counts, including falsifying records, making false statements [aka lying] and concealing material facts [aka covering up]. At the time, he was facing a 55-year stretch in the slammer with the nine charges, but now he faces a maximum sentence of five years for a single criminal count.
McGonigal is scheduled to be sentenced on Feb. 16, 2024. He is the fourth main FBI official from the Trump-Russia collusion probe to be indicted or face criminal charges. He was also charged in separate indictments in New York District court and is being accused of illegally accepting money for his work with Oleg Deripaska, a Russian oligarch, and the Albanian intelligence official.
McGonigal was legally required to report his contacts with foreign officials to the agency but instead, he hid his ties and made business arrangements that conflicted with his job, according to prosecutors. Court filings allege that he took a six-figure payoff from Agron Neza, who was identified in European media and did favors for him in exchange, like meeting with Albania Prime Minister Edi Rama.
McGonigal is scheduled to be sentenced on Feb. 16, 2024. He is the fourth main FBI official from the Trump-Russia collusion probe to be indicted or face criminal charges. He was also charged in separate indictments in New York District court and is being accused of illegally accepting money for his work with Oleg Deripaska, a Russian oligarch, and the Albanian intelligence official.
McGonigal was legally required to report his contacts with foreign officials to the agency but instead, he hid his ties and made business arrangements that conflicted with his job, according to prosecutors. Court filings allege that he took a six-figure payoff from Agron Neza, who was identified in European media and did favors for him in exchange, like meeting with Albania Prime Minister Edi Rama.
While McGonigal first pleaded not guilty to the charges, court documents imply that his team of lawyers are looking to make a plea deal with federal prosecutors.
Obviously there's more to the dealings and shenanigans McGonigal undertook, but the important point of all of this is how incredibly hypocritical the Trump detractors are, and perhaps it's only a matter of time that the rest of the motley crew will be revealed.
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