Former top FBI official Charles McGonigal arrested over ties to Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska

ABC News ^ | January 23, 2023, 2:12 PM | By Luke Barr, Aaron Katersky, and Alexander Mallin

[Red Badger]

Oleg Deripaska has been sanctioned by the U.S.

A former top FBI official in New York has been arrested over his ties to a Russian oligarch, law enforcement sources told ABC News Monday.

Charles McGonigal, who was the special agent in charge of counterintelligence in the FBI's New York Field Office, is under arrest over his ties to Oleg Deripaska, a Russian billionaire who has been sanctioned by the United States and criminally charged last year with violating those sanctions.

McGonigal retired from the FBI in 2018. He was arrested Saturday afternoon after he arrived at JFK Airport following travel in Sri Lanka, the sources said.

[BenLurkin]

When are the attests of the officials who have ties to the Biden Family?

[Red Badger]

Patience, Padawan, patience...................

[Mark]

He was the agent going after Trump for the Russian collusion.

[Red Badger]

He must have PO’d somebody, like they didn’t get their 10% or something................

[dforest]

I wonder when Hunter and Joe will be arrested for their ties to China?

[dforest]

You cannot cut the Big Guy out of the deal.

[Red Badger]

[Red Badger]

He’ll be charged with using his government position for personal gain..........................right?..............

[ought-six]

“When are the attests of the officials who have ties to the Biden Family?”

No kidding.

[Opinionated Blowhard]

Its a wonderful irony that a guy who investigated Trump for the phony Russia collusion is now arrested for real Russia collusion. But nothing will happen to him.

[Red Badger]

Can a trial be held in secret?......................

[silverleaf]

What a bunch of hypocritical BS.

Deripaska has been an “ agency” back channel for about 15 years, used by FBI Director Robert Mueller and Senator Mark Warner / prob others/ to facilitate ops and provide ‘ favors”…like secretly putting Warner in touch with fake dirty dossier Christopher Steele sources

Don’t know who Deripaska failed to payoff that ended him up on the sanctions list. Or why this agent gets thrown under the bus for dealing with him

[Red Badger]

Don’t know who Deripaska failed to payoff that ended him up on the sanctions list. Or why this agent gets thrown under the bus for dealing with him

The Big Guy, who could it possibly be, I won(D)er?.......................................

[Eagles6]

Howzabout Louis Freeh giving a $100,000 “donation” to the trust fund of one of Creepy Uncle Joe’s grandkids, just out of the kindness of his heart.
I guess he felt sorry for the destitute waif./sarc
The Xidens are, literally, like the Clintons and Soetoros, caricatures of what the left calls White Privilige and yet...

[Gay State Conservative]

They accuse DJT of what *they* are doing.

[volunbeer]

On the other thread about this we were discussing another possibility -

Was this guy on the planned witness list for House Oversight regarding the “Church Committee”?

[Red Badger]

Good question. If he was, then they now have him in a precarious position.

[OldWarBaby]

By arresting this dirtbag you think they might be keeping him away from Jordan’s committee? That could work for a little while-—just long enough to really peeoff Jordan. Once the charge has been filed, tho, they don’t just get to later say: wupsie.