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Former FBI agent who led Trump-Russia probe arrested for assisting Russian oligarch to evade sanctions and money laundering
The Blaze ^ | January 23, 2023 | Andrew Chapados

Posted on 01/24/2023 6:51:19 AM PST by Twotone

A former FBI agent and senior official for counterintelligence operations in New York was arrested and charged for his involvement with a sanctioned Russian oligarch, according to Fox News.

Charles McGonigal, special agent in charge of the counterintelligence division of the FBI's New York field office from 2016 to 2018, allegedly violated U.S. sanctions by agreeing to provide services to Oleg Deripaska, a Russian who was charged in 2022 for violating sanctions against him.

McGonigal was among top FBI officials who learned of claims from President Donald Trump's team that Russia had compromising knowledge about then-candidate Hillary Clinton, which subsequently resulted in the years-long investigation into Trump's alleged ties to Russia.

McGonigal was charged alongside Sergey Shestakov, a former diplomat for the Soviet Union and then Russian Federation who went on to become a U.S. citizen and a Russian interpreter for both courts and government offices.

Both are charged with one count of conspiring to violate and evade U.S. sanctions, one count of violating the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, and one count of conspiring to commit money laundering as well as one count of money laundering. Each of these charges has a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: againandagain; andagainandagain; arrest; arrestedagain; deripaska; fbi; hunterbiden; jimbiden; mcgonigal; russiahoax; searchandfind; searchworks; sergeyshestikov; shestakov; trump2016

1 posted on 01/24/2023 6:51:19 AM PST by Twotone
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To: Twotone

More here:

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2 posted on 01/24/2023 6:57:18 AM PST by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? 😕)
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To: Twotone

And why didn’t Mueller find this Collusion?? Was he PAID OFF to keep it quiet? Shouldn’t he be testifying under oath about this already?


3 posted on 01/24/2023 7:02:30 AM PST by eyeamok (founded in cynicism, wrapped in sarcasm)
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To: Twotone

...tip of the iceberg.


4 posted on 01/24/2023 7:04:11 AM PST by Eric in the Ozarks (Baseball players, gangsters and musicians are remembered. But journalists are forgotten.q at)
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To: Twotone; MtnClimber; metmom
You can't make this stuff up , ..it is just so absurd !
I never before thought of the "Three Stooges" as cultural intellectual entertainment
At first, I thought this was the Babylon Bee !

5 posted on 01/24/2023 7:06:09 AM PST by Tilted Irish Kilt
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We’ll finally

How about lying on an affidavit as well?


6 posted on 01/24/2023 7:23:55 AM PST by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds )
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To: Twotone

He’ll walk. He’s a hero to the Deep State.


7 posted on 01/24/2023 7:25:23 AM PST by Starboard
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To: Starboard

And, he is an example of going after the low hanging fruit.


8 posted on 01/24/2023 8:26:20 AM PST by Parmy
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To: Twotone

Its a fact that virtually everything they said Trump was doing, they themselves were/are doing.


9 posted on 01/24/2023 8:39:17 AM PST by Midwesterner53
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To: Twotone

IMO, mostly all of the FBI are criminals and crooks. And those who aren’t are completely invested in leftist ideology.


10 posted on 01/24/2023 8:40:32 AM PST by Gaffer
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To: Twotone

“Hello, Suicide Hotline? Hillary here.
I’d like to place an order...”


11 posted on 01/24/2023 9:51:26 AM PST by Ignatz (Winner of a prestigious 1960 Y-chromosome award!)
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