from ZeroHedge:
Update: People are connecting dots all over the place, and it’s looking more like a hornet’s nest was just kicked open.
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.
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Look who just got arrested for a Russian Oligarch-related issue. The FBI Agent that Comey put in charge of counter-intelligence in the FBI’s NY Field Office. Just. Before. The. 2016. Election.
P.S. BTW, Hillary’s campaign HQ was in Brooklyn.
h/t .@TrustIsEarnd https://t.co/SVvZ5lhJcg pic.twitter.com/0kDhIaHrsG— FoiaFan (@15poundstogo) January 23, 2023
Another delicious bit—here is Charlie & his fellow spook @BillEvanina devastated over @Comey‘s firing. For people like this, memes couldn’t even enhance the scenario; THEY are the meme.
By the way, any comment on the recent news, @BillEvanina?https://t.co/IyuKTFXKMU@fpa1918 https://t.co/rQVFPenAkS pic.twitter.com/70zFOUXZut
— Marco Polo (@MarcoPolo501c3) January 23, 2023
Strange how you omit that Steele has known Deripaska since at least 2012, when he was hired by Waldman on behalf of Deripaska to assist in a lawsuit filed Michael Cherney.
In late 2014, Steele and DOJ official Bruce Ohr met in Washington to discuss cultivating Deripaska. https://t.co/6QoxxyawXv
— Jeff Carlson (@themarketswork) January 23, 2023
Federal 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.”
