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Former Senior FBI Official Involved in Trump Probe Now Under Scrutiny for Russian Ties
Breitbart ^ | 16 Sep 2022 | KRISTINA WONG

Posted on 09/16/2022 8:53:46 PM PDT by SoConPubbie

A former senior FBI agent involved in the agency’s investigation into the Trump campaign based on phony allegations of collusion with Russia is now under apparent investigation himself by the Justice Department for his ties with Russia and other foreign governments, according to a report.

Business Insider reported Friday that late last year, U.S. attorneys convened a grand jury to examine the conduct of Charles McGonigal, the former head of counterintelligence at the New York City FBI field office. A witness subpoena obtained by the outlet indicated that the government was looking into McGonigal’s business dealings with a top aide to Oleg Deripaska, a Russian oligarch who was an associate of Paul Manafort, who served for several months as Trump’s campaign manager.

NBC News reported in January 2018 that the Russian tycoon had been repeatedly denied a visa to enter the United States over his alleged ties to organized crime.

The FBI raided Deripaska’s homes in D.C. and New York City in October 2021.

The subpoena was issued in November 2021 and requested records related to McGonigal and a consulting firm called Spectrum Risk Solutions. In a separate filing a week after the subpoena was issued, a Soviet-born immigrant named Sergey Shestakov said McGonigal had helped “facilitate” an introduction between a Deripaska aide and Spectrum. McGonigal also reportedly introduced the aide to a law firm specializing in advising clients investigated for “fraud and misconduct.”

(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; Political Humor/Cartoons
KEYWORDS: coup; deepstate; doj; russia; spygate

1 posted on 09/16/2022 8:53:46 PM PDT by SoConPubbie
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To: SoConPubbie

This could get interesting ...


2 posted on 09/16/2022 8:55:30 PM PDT by GOPJ (White Liberal Elites and Black Democrats deserve each other - a pox on both houses.)
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To: GOPJ

Or not. They’re going to need a bigger rug ...


3 posted on 09/16/2022 9:04:07 PM PDT by CatOwner (Don't expect anyone, even conservatives, to have your back when the SHTF in 2021 and beyond.)
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To: SoConPubbie

I suspect.....at the end of the day we will find out that everything they accused Trump of doing .... Hillary did and they used Hillary’s Experience as the real narrative that was repurposed to smear Donald with


4 posted on 09/16/2022 9:05:15 PM PDT by dila813
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To: SoConPubbie

Any deep state actors who are being “investigated” currently are part of a scheme to quickly charge them in front of a favorable DC or NYC jury and get an acquittal before Biden leaves office.


5 posted on 09/16/2022 9:43:04 PM PDT by Savage Rider
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To: SoConPubbie

6 posted on 09/16/2022 10:04:58 PM PDT by Dick Bachert
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To: dila813

“I suspect.....at the end of the day we will find out that everything they accused Trump of doing .... Hillary did and they used Hillary’s Experience as the real narrative that was repurposed to smear Donald with”

That is a real possibility. When the Ivan Danchenko trial gets underway it will look like it even more.


7 posted on 09/16/2022 10:41:58 PM PDT by Pelham (World War III is entering on cat's feet. )
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To: SoConPubbie
Now Under Scrutiny for Russian Ties

He should have chosen some ties from America. There are so many good ones that coordinate well with fabrics and colors this season.

8 posted on 09/16/2022 10:49:26 PM PDT by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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To: SoConPubbie

An “investigation” means they can answer “no comment on an ongoing investigation” until interest wanes.


9 posted on 09/16/2022 10:59:45 PM PDT by Yo-Yo (Is the /Sarc tag really necessary? Pray for President Biden: Psalm 109:8)
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To: SoConPubbie

I’m not surprised

The left always accuses others of what it is doing


10 posted on 09/17/2022 1:59:38 AM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds )
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To: SoConPubbie

This witch hunt of Trump, seems a lot like the McCarthy
era and it’s witch hunt for Communists, proving once again
that the Communists in the United States will condemn
just about anything they themselves do.


11 posted on 09/17/2022 6:59:28 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (I pledge allegiance the flag of the U S of A, and to the REPUBLIC for which stands.)
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To: DoughtyOne

+1 🕶👍


12 posted on 09/17/2022 7:20:30 AM PDT by patriotfury ((May the fleas of a thousand camels occupy mo' ham mads tents!) )
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; BraveMan; cardinal4; ...

13 posted on 09/17/2022 9:18:37 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: DoughtyOne

McCarthy never found a “witch” in his hamhanded investigations. Read my late friend’s book (M. Stanton Evans), “Blacklisted by History” for a newer view on McCarthy and his investigations.

By the way, McCarthy was a nasty bastard and did hurt other internal security investigations. Also he and Roy Cohen sometimes didn’t understand the actual history or value/lack of any value of a specific document (which I showed Stan Evans when he found one of McCarthy’s original Reds in Government lists in the National Archives).

Hope this gives you a little more insight into the Wonderful World of Subversion.


14 posted on 09/17/2022 12:41:56 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper (Figures )
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To: MadMax, the Grinning Reaper

I seem to remember that McCarthy had a drinking problem but who didn’t those days in DC. What I find most interesting is McCarthy’s close relationship with the Kennedy clan. I remember reading that he used to date one of the Kennedy girls (obviously not Rosemary!). Don’t forget RFK was a lawyer working under Cohen.


15 posted on 09/17/2022 12:57:24 PM PDT by Reily
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To: patriotfury

Thanks.


16 posted on 09/19/2022 7:40:36 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (I pledge allegiance the flag of the U S of A, and to the REPUBLIC for which stands.)
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To: MadMax, the Grinning Reaper

Take a look at our government today probably 60% devout
Communists, and another 25% heavily leaning, then tell
me once again McCarthy was off track.

Do you agree that active Communist party members should
be walking the halls of Congress? Do you believe that
those who simply prefer it to Capitalism should be,
party member of not?


17 posted on 09/19/2022 7:45:01 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (I pledge allegiance the flag of the U S of A, and to the REPUBLIC for which stands.)
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