Posted on 12/16/2023 5:54:24 AM PST by george76
a prominent FBI official, Charles McGonigal, was sentenced to a prison stint. He was convicted of conspiracy and bribery involving a Russian oligarch who is known for being an extremely close associate of Vladamir Putin. While this is being widely reported on today there is a very notable omission seen from the various major news outlets covering this sentencing.
To set the stage correctly we need to flash back briefly over what we have been told over the past seven or so years. With the rise of Donald Trump in Republican circles, one of the earliest complaints leveled against him was how he was/would be a puppet of Vlad Putin. This accusation quickly mushroomed into what was regarded as the Russian Collusion Story (Hoax). This narrative had become so ingrained in the press that any mere mention of Russia would generate a Pavlovian response from reporters and pundits.
One of the earliest nuggets that became a cornerstone of this years-long media conspiracy was the Steele Dossier, as we recall. This spurious document was heavily leaned upon for years, but then it became notably avoided as the storyline wore on, and by the time the Mueller Report was finally issued, delivering a mostly neutered level of accusations, the Steele Dossier had been dismissed as an inconsequential piece of source material.
I bring all this up because we see distinct parallels taking place with the saga of Charles McGonigal. He was the FBI agent who received the initial report from an Australian diplomat that George Papadopoulos was receiving oppo-research on Hillary Clinton. This, plus the Steele Dossier, launched the incessant Russian Collusion storyline. Then, following his retirement in 2018, it was McGonigal himself who was found to be in bed with the Russians, as he was found to have pocketed more than $225,000 from the oligarch, Oleg Deripaska.
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McGonigal was charged in January, then this fall he reached a plea deal, admitting guilt to the charges in order to have a number of others dropped. With today's sentence, he will be serving four years in the Grey Bar Inn, but what is notable is how this result is getting reported. Somehow, the very press corps that could not withhold from blaring any perceived connection to the Russians when it concerned Trump or Republicans does not see it as important to note McGonigal was a central figure in the collusion campaign.
In looking over the reports today, this is a glaring blind spot. Reuters saw no need to include how Chaz was involved. The Washington Post saw no need to mention either Donald Trump or the collusion investigation McGonigal kicked off. Equally muted is CBS News. ABC News was also silent on this notable dose of history. Well, I am confident the Associated Press, venerated news syndicate that it is, will surely include…uh, nope. The AP even gave a mention of McGonigal’s career, including the very years he sparked the Trump-Russia investigation within his agency, yet felt it was not important to include this detail.
McGonigal was special agent in charge of the FBI’s counterintelligence division in New York from 2016 to 2018. He supervised investigations of Russian oligarchs, including Deripaska.
This is a firm display of the press turning its back on yet another component of what has been the most blatant case of media malpractice seen in a decade. Their avoidance of McGonigal’s involvement mirrors the denial today of the existence of the Steele Dossier. For years, they hinged their reporting that Trump allegedly sought dirt on Hillary — criminally supplied by Russian interests — all on a document that was itself the very epitome of what they were alleging.
Christopher Steele, at the behest of Fusion GPS and funded by the Hillary Clinton legal team, compiled the contents of his dossier with intel fed to him by Russian players. Then, they cravenly used this document to charge Trump with the very actions that were employed to create the document. And the media played right along with the subterfuge. Now, as they are facing another key player in this monumental scam who is guilty of what they accuse, they are collectively turning their backs.
When the deep state and filthy oligarchs own and control the media with fully corrupt staff more than willing to comply as long as they continue to get their 30 pieces of silver every month...
Thanks george76.
h/t: jjotto
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To: jjotto; Reverend Wright; little jeremiah
Deripaska was a big pal of John McCain. That’s enough for me.
https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/mccains-kremlin-ties/
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that’s it!
that seals the deal for me, too.
thanx a lot.
I think there is more to this saga.
Deripaska was, I believe, a figure used by certain USG agencies and officials as a “back channel” to accomplish certain….requests for assistance.
Including Senator Mark Warner, head of Senate Intelligence Committee.
https://dailycaller.com/2018/02/08/steele-warner-paper-trail-russian-oligarch/
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/democratic-sen-mark-warner-texted-with-russian-oligarch-lobbyist-in-effort-to-contact-dossier-author-christopher-steele
Deripaska had quite a web of interests for which he sought to evade sanctions including bringing a girlfriend into the US to give birth to his child ( presumably now a US citizen by birth)
In 2009 the FBI under head Robert Mueller, asked Deripaska to fund a mission to get US agent Robert Levinson out of Iran.
https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/387625-mueller-may-have-a-conflict-and-it-leads-directly-to-a-russian-oligarch/
John McCain and his campaign manager also had 2006-2008 meetings with Deripaska…hmm, thought John hated the Russians. Maybe certain…information…about his time as a POW needed to be buried.
Deripaska in the Clinton timeline
https://www.clintonfoundationtimeline.com/tags/oleg-deripaska/
“To set the stage correctly we need to flash back briefly”
NOOOOOOO!!!!!!
This is where the punchline goes! I don’t want a history lesson. This is where you state the “omission”!
Ba Bye, not reading further.
We need a Cliff Notes version to the clickbait articles that addresses the title. These postings are ubiquitous.I’m not sure what ubiquitous means but they’re all over the place.
*bump*
This is why I will NOT watch CNN. The CNN host is obnoxious:
https://twitter.com/VivekGRamaswamy/status/1735126791142904074
He was a democrat. The unsaid part.
great job on info
Agreed. I read/scanned a bit further and never did learn what he was talking about. Still don't know but I'd guess Mrs. Bill Clinton.
Punchline (Punch paragraph);
“McGonigal was charged in January, then this fall he reached a plea deal, admitting guilt to the charges in order to have a number of others dropped. With today’s sentence, he will be serving four years in the Grey Bar Inn, but what is notable is how this result is getting reported. Somehow, the very press corps that could not withhold from blaring any perceived connection to the Russians when it concerned Trump or Republicans does not see it as important to note McGonigal was a central figure in the collusion campaign.”
Ah! Thank you. That always seems to be the case in omissions . . things like ethnicity or political allegiances. Always one way though.
The question is….when so many people in US intel and politics for decades were paying Deripaska in funds favors or in “ services” ……and receiving payments and donations favors or “ services” from Deripaska through a web of shell companies, PR and lobby groups……why did this single FBI dupe get tagged for taking oligarch money?
I think the problem is more that people actually believe what the corrupt media propagandizes. A Republic is based on knowledgeable people.
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