FBI official who worked Trump-Russia probe pleads guilty to conspiring with Russian oligarch

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McGonigal, a former top FBI counterintelligence agent based in New York, is the fourth major FBI figure from the Trump-Russia collusion probe to face criminal charges or end up under investigation.

FBI official who worked Trump-Russia probe pleads guilty to conspiring with Russian oligarch

An ex-FBI official who was part of the bureau’s Trump-Russian collusion probe into former President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign pleaded guilty Tuesday to conspiring with a Russian oligarch, the Justice Department announced.

www.washingtontimes.com

 

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Both defendants are accused of receiving payments through shell companies and forging signatures to keep Mr. Deripaska’s payments secret.

FBI official who worked Trump-Russia probe pleads guilty to conspiring with Russian oligarch

An ex-FBI official who was part of the bureau’s Trump-Russian collusion probe into former President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign pleaded guilty Tuesday to conspiring with a Russian oligarch, the Justice Department announced.

www.washingtontimes.com

That sounds familiar. Where have I heard that before?

 

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At least he is taking responsibility for his crime...that's quite the fall for the "former head of conterintelligence" --

The former head of counterintelligence for the F.B.I. in New York pleaded guilty in federal court in Manhattan on Tuesday to a single reduced charge of conspiring to violate U.S. sanctions and laundering payments from a prominent Russian oligarch.

The plea by the former agent, Charles F. McGonigal, represented a remarkable turn for a man who once occupied one of the most sensitive and trusted positions in the American intelligence community, placing him among the highest-ranking F.B.I. officials ever to be convicted of a crime.

Appearing before Judge Jennifer H. Rearden of Federal District Court on Tuesday, an emotional Mr. McGonigal stood up and said that he had broken the law after his retirement in 2018 from the bureau, where he had been an expert in Russian counterintelligence, by aiding an effort by Oleg V. Deripaska, a Russian billionaire under U.S. sanctions, to investigate a rival.

“I have understood what my actions have resulted in, and I’m deeply remorseful,” Mr. McGonigal said, his voice breaking. “My actions were never intended to hurt the United States, the F.B.I. and my family and friends.”

However, he still faces additional charges:

Mr. McGonigal still faces a second indictment brought by federal prosecutors in Washington on charges that accuse him of concealing his acceptance of $225,000 from a businessman and of hiding dealings in Eastern Europe while working for the bureau. Mr. McGonigal has pleaded not guilty to those charges but is in talks to resolve them; his lawyer, Seth D. DuCharme, told the judge overseeing the Washington case that he expected to provide an update on the talks after Labor Day.

Former F.B.I. Spy Hunter Pleads Guilty to Aiding Russian Oligarch

Charles McGonigal, once the bureau’s chief of counterintelligence in New York, still faces separate federal charges out of Washington.

www.nytimes.com

 

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A former top FBI agent has been sentenced to over four years in prison for helping a Russian oligarch spy on a rival.