Posted on Dec 14, 2023
Ex-FBI counterintelligence chief Charles McGonigal faces sentencing for working with Russian...
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One of the highest-ranking FBI agents to ever face criminal charges is scheduled to be sentenced on Thursday.
Charles McGonigal, a former counterintelligence leader in the FBI's New York field office, pleaded guilty to a conspiracy charge and has asked for no prison time.
The former FBI counterintelligence chief in New York deserves five years in prison, federal prosecutors said in a sentencing memorandum after accusing him of abusing the skills and influence his country entrusted him with by secretly working for a sanctioned Russian oligarch.
He served as the special agent in charge of the Counterintelligence Division of the FBI's New York field office. In that position, McGonigal supervised and participated in investigations of Russian oligarchs, including Oleg Deripaska, to whom he provided impermissible services.
Charles McGonigal, a former counterintelligence leader in the FBI's New York field office, pleaded guilty to a conspiracy charge and has asked for no prison time.
The former FBI counterintelligence chief in New York deserves five years in prison, federal prosecutors said in a sentencing memorandum after accusing him of abusing the skills and influence his country entrusted him with by secretly working for a sanctioned Russian oligarch.
He served as the special agent in charge of the Counterintelligence Division of the FBI's New York field office. In that position, McGonigal supervised and participated in investigations of Russian oligarchs, including Oleg Deripaska, to whom he provided impermissible services.
Ex-FBI counterintelligence chief Charles McGonigal faces sentencing for working with Russian...
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Gimme a choice! I wouldn’t want to go to jail either!!
Cpl Vic Burk SGT Philip Roncari SFC William Farrell
PO1 H Gene Lawrence MSG Joseph Cristofaro LTC (Join to see) LTC Stephen C. LTC Stephen F.Lt Col Charlie Brown SPC (Join to see)
Cpl Vic Burk SGT Philip Roncari SFC William Farrell
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
CSM Charles Hayden I Get a Kick Out of His "Spin" He was working for One Russian Oligarch against another Russian Oligarch.
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..." In a pre-sentencing memorandum, defense attorneys conceded McGonigal provided impermissible services to Deripaska but argued the information McGonigal provided to Deripaska about a rival oligarch aligned with the interests of the United States.
"It was wrong, and he admits that. But it is critically important that the Court appreciate, in imposing a just punishment, that Mr. McGonigal understood that the work he agreed to do was consistent with, not in tension with, U.S. foreign policy in the sense that it was in furtherance of potentially sanctioning another Russian oligarch..."...
..." In a pre-sentencing memorandum, defense attorneys conceded McGonigal provided impermissible services to Deripaska but argued the information McGonigal provided to Deripaska about a rival oligarch aligned with the interests of the United States.
"It was wrong, and he admits that. But it is critically important that the Court appreciate, in imposing a just punishment, that Mr. McGonigal understood that the work he agreed to do was consistent with, not in tension with, U.S. foreign policy in the sense that it was in furtherance of potentially sanctioning another Russian oligarch..."...
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". . . .potentially sanctioning another Russian oligarch..."
"potentially" (but maybe not) sanctioning
but what does it matter????
"potentially" (but maybe not) sanctioning
but what does it matter????
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