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BREAKING: FBI Official Who Investigated Trump Russia Collusion Arrested for Colluding With Russia

By Collin RuggJanuary 23, 2023

Former FBI agent Charles McGonigal, who had a hand in investigating Trump-Russian collusion, was arrested on Saturday for his ties to Russia.
According to CBS, “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.”

In a statement, Michael Driscoll, the FBI assistant director in charge, said, “The FBI is committed to the enforcement of economic sanctions designed to protect the United States and our allies, especially against hostile activities of a foreign government and its actors.”

“Russian oligarchs like Oleg Deripaska perform global malign influence on behalf of the Kremlin and are associated with acts of bribery, extortion, and violence,” Driscoll said. “As alleged, Mr. McGonigal and Mr. Shestakov, both U.S. citizens, acted on behalf of Deripaska and fraudulently used a U.S. entity to obscure their activity in violation of U.S. sanctions. After sanctions are imposed, they must be enforced equally against all U.S. citizens in order to be successful. There are no exceptions for anyone, including a former FBI official like Mr. McGonigal.”
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Collin Rugg
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BREAKING: FBI official who investigated Trump ties to Russia arrested for illegal ties to Russian oligarch.This is why I say the FBI needs to be dismantled.

12:08 PM · Jan 23, 2023





Alex Bruesewitz
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You can’t make this sh*t up. Wow



Jack Posobiec

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BREAKING: FBI official who investigated Trump ties to Russia arrested for illegal ties to Russia https://thepostmillennial.com/breaki...ampaign=64483…

12:05 PM · Jan 23, 2023




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Jack Posobiec
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BREAKING: FBI official who investigated Trump ties to Russia arrested for illegal ties to Russia https://thepostmillennial.com/breaki...ampaign=64483…

12:06 PM · Jan 23, 2023




Jaime Ultra Maga Lynn
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They always accuse others of exactly what they themselves are doing. Can’t make this shit up.




Collin Rugg
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BREAKING: FBI official who investigated Trump ties to Russia arrested for illegal ties to Russian oligarch.This is why I say the FBI needs to be dismantled.

12:13 PM · Jan 23, 2023





Freedom Firefighter
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The FBI is beyond repair. Poisoned by the Democrats as usual. Because anything they touch turns to sh*t. The FBI MUST be disbanded!




Collin Rugg
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BREAKING: FBI official who investigated Trump ties to Russia arrested for illegal ties to Russian oligarch.This is why I say the FBI needs to be dismantled.

12:13 PM · Jan 23, 2023




andante147
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If this doesn’t make you mad, your politics have completely blinded you. When will the apologies start to all of is accused of election a Russian agent?



Collin Rugg
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BREAKING: FBI official who investigated Trump ties to Russia arrested for illegal ties to Russian oligarch.This is why I say the FBI needs to be dismantled.

12:11 PM · Jan 23, 2023 from Pearland, TX

BREAKING: FBI Official Who Investigated Trump Russia Collusion Arrested for Colluding With Russia (trendingpoliticsnews.com)

Top FBI 'Russiagate' Official Arrested For Colluding With Russian Oligarch: DOJ

MONDAY, JAN 23, 2023 - 02:04 PM

A former top FBI counterintelligence official - in fact, the guy who received the tip that supposedly kicked off the Trump-Russia investigation - has been arrested and charged with violating US sanctions on Russia by taking secret payments from a Russian oligarch in order to investigate another oligarch.


Charles McGonigal, the former head of counterintelligence for the FBI’s New York office. Greatdecisions.tvFederal prosecutors in Manhattan charged Charles McGonigal, former special agent in charge of the FBI's New York counterintelligence desk, with taking secret payments from Oleg V. Deripaska - which violated US sanctions by agreeing to help the Russian billionaire, who himself was indicted last year on sanctions charges. McGonical notably retired in 2018.

During his days in counterintelligence, McGonical was responsible for supervising and participating in investigations of Russian oligarchs, including Deripaska.

The indictment unsealed in Federal District Court in Manhattan on Monday charges the former F.B.I. official, Mr. McGonigal, with one count of violating U.S. sanctions, one count of money laundering and two conspiracy counts. -NY Times

According to his lawyer, "Charlie served the United States capably, effectively, for decades," adding "We have closely reviewed the accusations made by the government and we look forward to receiving discovery so we can get a view on what the evidence is upon which the government intends to rely."



Hans Mahncke
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McGonigal was the FBI's recipient of the fake tip from Alexander Downer that supposedly started the Trump/Russia investigation. He was also involved in the fake Carter Page ("Crossfire Dragon") investigation.

He was also involved in the fake Carter Page ("Crossfire Dragon") investigation.





Aaron Katersky
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A former top FBI official in New York has been arrested over his ties to a Russian oligarch, @ABC has learned. Charles McGonigal, who was in charge of counterintelligence for FBI-New York, tried to get Oleg Deripaska removed from US sanctions list. w/ @LukeLBarr

11:08 AM · Jan 23, 2023


Former colleagues who worked closely with McGonigal were reportedly 'shocked' at his arrest.

They said he primarily investigated Russian counterintelligence and espionage during his lengthy career with the F.B.I. Mr. McGonigal also took on extremely sensitive assignments in the intelligence community, leading an F.B.I. team that investigated why C.I.A. informants in China were being arrested and killed. -NYT

A second man, Sergey Shestakov, was also indicted in the case. He's a former Soviet and Russian diplomat who later obtained US citizenship and worked as a Russian interpreter for courts and government offices.

Top FBI 'Russiagate' Official Arrested For Colluding With Russian Oligarch: DOJ | ZeroHedge

Former FBI agent who handled fabricated ‘Trump-Russia collusion’ probe has been arrested for ties to Russian oligarch

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(Natural News) There can be no better example of just how corrupt the FBI has become and why it’s senior leadership must be fired and replaced with an entirely new crop of personnel.
Charles McGonigal, 54, who was previously the special agent in charge of counterintelligence in the New York Field office and worked on the fabricated investigation into “collusion” between then-GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump and Russia, has himself been arrested for having ties to a Russian oligarch, as reported by the UK’s Daily Mail.
The report noted that McGonigal, who retired from the FBI in 2018, was busted on Saturday after he arrived at JFK International Airport in New York City following a trip to Sri Lanka.
The outlet noted further:
Law enforcement says he has links to metal mogul Oleg Deripaska, a Russian billionaire who was sanctioned by the US in 2018 and then charged with violating them last year.
Deripaska was among two dozen Russian oligarchs and government officials blacklisted by Washington in 2018 in reaction to Russia’s alleged meddling in the 2016 election to help Donald Trump become president. Court interpreter Sergey Shestakov, 69, has also been charged in connection with the case and working with Deripaska.
According to the report, McGonigal has been charged with violating U.S. sanctions by attempting to get Deripaska, whose net worth is estimated at around $1.7 billion, off the sanctions list in 2019. McGonigal now has the dubious ‘honor’ of becoming the highest-ranking former FBI official who has ever been charged with a crime. Before he sold it in 2020, he was living in a swanky $730,000/month West Village apartment, so he clearly had some other means of making money other than his pension.
“Both McGonigal and Shestakov are accused of receiving payments through shell companies and forging signatures to keep it secret that Deripaska was paying them,” the Daily Mail continues.
“The FBI is committed to the enforcement of economic sanctions designed to protect the United States and our allies, especially against hostile activities of a foreign government and its actors,” FBI Assistant Director in Charge Michael Driscoll said in a statement.
“Russian oligarchs like Oleg Deripaska perform global malign influence on behalf of the Kremlin and are associated with acts of bribery, extortion, and violence,” he added. “As alleged, Mr. McGonigal and Mr. Shestakov, both U.S. citizens, acted on behalf of Deripaska and fraudulently used a U.S. entity to obscure their activity in violation of U.S. sanctions.
“After sanctions are imposed, they must be enforced equally against all U.S. citizens in order to be successful. There are no exceptions for anyone, including a former FBI official like Mr. McGonigal,” the statement continued.
The Justice Department added in a statement:
According to the nine-count indictment, unsealed today, from August 2017 and continuing through and beyond his retirement from the FBI in September 2018, McGonigal concealed from the FBI the nature of his relationship with a former foreign security officer and businessperson who had ongoing business interests in foreign countries and before foreign governments. Specifically, McGonigal requested and received at least $225,000 in cash from the individual and traveled abroad with the individual and met with foreign nationals.
The individual later served as an FBI source in a criminal investigation involving foreign political lobbying over which McGonigal had official supervisory responsibility. McGonigal is accused of engaging in other conduct in his official capacity as an FBI Special Agent in Charge that he believed would benefit the businessperson financially.
Trump was dogged by this phony baloney allegation that he and Russian President Vladimir Putin teamed up to beat Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton before and throughout his presidency. Several subsequent investigations — including by Special Counsel Robert Mueller and Congress — repeatedly found that the allegation was a manufactured lie.
But of course, no one who weaponized the government to go after a political rival was ever really held accountable.
Sources include:
Justice.gov
DailyMail.co.uk

Former FBI agent who handled fabricated ‘Trump-Russia collusion’ probe has been arrested for ties to Russian oligarch – NaturalNews.com