{"id":1995102,"date":"2023-08-09T07:22:03","date_gmt":"2023-08-09T11:22:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fbi-agent-who-investigated-debunked-trump-russia-collusion-to-plead-guilty-in-russian-oligarch-case\/"},"modified":"2023-08-09T07:24:26","modified_gmt":"2023-08-09T11:24:26","slug":"fbi-agent-who-investigated-debunked-trump-russia-collusion-to-plead-guilty-in-russian-oligarch-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fbi-agent-who-investigated-debunked-trump-russia-collusion-to-plead-guilty-in-russian-oligarch-case\/","title":{"rendered":"FBI agent probing Trump-Russia collusion to admit guilt in Russian oligarch case."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffbi-agent-who-investigated-debunked-trump-russia-collusion-to-plead-guilty-in-russian-oligarch-case%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1995102&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>FBI Agent \u200bWho\u2063 Investigated Debunked Trump-Russia Collusion to Plead Guilty in\u200c Russian Oligarch Case<\/h2>\n<p>Court records on Monday showed that former FBI\u200c agent Charles McGonigal, \u200dwho headed counterintelligence at the \u200bFBI\u2019s New York office during the probe into former President Donald Trump\u2019s alleged \u200cties to Russia, is now expected to plead\u2063 guilty \u2062to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-bidens-lawyer-sends-cease-and-desist-letter-over-trump-rhetoric\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden's attorney issues cease-and-desist letter regarding Trump's rhetoric.\">illegal business dealings<\/a> with a Russian oligarch.<\/p>\n<p>Although the accusations may be shocking to some, those who \u200chave been critical of \u2063the FBI and its investigation do not consider this apparent twist a surprise.<\/p>\n<p>Collin Rugg, co-owner of the conservative website Trending Politics, posted \u2063a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fbi-agent-who-investigated-debunked-trump-russia-collusion-to-plead-guilty-in-russian-oligarch-case\/\" title=\"FBI agent probing Trump-Russia collusion to admit guilt in Russian oligarch case.\">tweet dryly noting<\/a> that, <strong>\u201cThe corruption\u200d in \u200cthe \u200bFBI is the real\u2063 pandemic.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Corruption in the FBI is the real pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) \u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CollinRugg\/status\/1688737131714240513?\">August 8, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>According \u200dto \u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnewyork.com\/investigations\/retired-fbi-agent-expected-to-plead-guilty-for-working-with-russian-oligarch\/4572444\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WNBC-TV<\/a>,\u200b McGonigal was \u200cfirst arrested in January at JFK airport in\u200d New York\u200d after arriving from the Middle East.<\/p>\n<p>He initially pleaded innocent; however, the\u200b U.K. \u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12382523\/Disgraced-FBI-counterintelligence-chief-investigated-Trumps-debunked-Kremlin-ties-set-plead-guilty-colluding-RUSSIA-illegally-working-oligarch.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Daily Mail<\/a> \u200dreported that he\u2063 appears to be reassessing his decision.<\/p>\n<p>He is now scheduled for a\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cuomo-grants-clemency-to-hard-left-san-francisco-das-dad-who-was-convicted-of-murder\/\" title=\"Cuomo Grants Clemency To Hard-Left San Francisco DA\u2019s Dad, Who Was Convicted Of Murder\">court session<\/a> on Aug. 15 to reportedly change his plea.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/former-fbi-agent-plead-guilty-oligarch-related-case\/story?id=102072843\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ABC News<\/a>,\u2063 a judge\u2019s order stated, <strong>\u201cThe Court\u2063 has been informed \u2062that \u200cDefendant Charles\u200c McGonigal \u2063may wish to enter a change of plea.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Before his retirement from the FBI in\u2062 2018, \u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/mike-huckabee-insanity-fbi-no-way-possible\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">McGonigal<\/a> \u2063 played a key role in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/robert-mueller-to-teach-course-on-his-trump-investigation\/\" title=\"Robert Mueller to Teach Course on His Trump Investigation\">controversial investigation<\/a> of \u2064Trump\u2019s supposed ties to Russia.<\/p>\n<p>As reported by WNBC, he now faces accusations of numerous illegal entanglements with Oleg Deripaska, a Russian billionaire, his \u200dassociate Sergey Shestakov, and another unnamed party.<\/p>\n<p>In \u20642019, when \u200bthe U.S. was tightening sanctions \u2062on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-former-senior-fbi-official-arrested-allegedly-working-russian-oligarch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Russian<\/a> figureheads and those people who funded them, McGonigal allegedly\u2062 took steps to\u200c get Deripaska removed from the sanctions list, the Daily Mail\u200d reported.<\/p>\n<p>According to WNBC,\u2063 prosecutors also accuse him of maliciously investigating a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/google-docs-changes-auto-correct-algorithm-to-be-more-inclusive\/\" title=\"Google Docs Changes Auto-Correct Algorithm To Be More \u2018Inclusive\u2019\">business rival<\/a> of Deripaska\u2019s, in exchange for \u2064payments that Deripaska and his associates then made in secret.<\/p>\n<p>Deripaska\u2062 and his partners allegedly used shell companies and other money laundering tools to hide their financial trails.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">NEW:\u200d FBI agent Charles McGonigal who investigated Donald Trump for \u200dcolluding with Russia, is\u2062 set to plead\u2063 guilty\u2062 for colluding with Russia.<\/p>\n<p>Read that again.<\/p>\n<p>McGonigal, who was a key figure in the Trump-Russia hoax investigation, will be pleading guilty after being accused of\u2026 \u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/z8b7arBOHu\">pic.twitter.com\/z8b7arBOHu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CollinRugg\/status\/1688736573624340480?\">August 8, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>He also\u200c stands accused of \u200daccepting \u200bhundreds of thousands of dollars from foreign officials to do their bidding during his time at the FBI.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/08\/04\/politics\/fbi-charles-mcgonigal\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CNN<\/a> reported that the McGonigal, who spent 22 \u2063years with the FBI,\u200c is accused of accepting $225,000 from a former \u2062Albanian intelligence employee and attempting to hide\u200c evidence of the transaction.<\/p>\n<p>McGonigal\u2019s lawyer Seth DuCharme noted last\u200d week that\u200d he saw \u2062a \u201cdecent chance the case is going to be\u2062 resolved,\u201d but some changes may \u200bhave taken place\u200d since then.<\/p>\n<p>The legal team has not responded to the updates of this week.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Attorney\u2019s office in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/medical-emergency-cnns-new-york-headquarters-leaves-one-staffer-dead\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York<\/a> has\u200c also declined to comment on any recent developments.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/fbi-agent-investigated-debunked-trump-russia-collusion-plead-guilty-russian-oligarch-case\/\">FBI \u200cAgent \u200dWho Investigated Debunked Trump-Russia Collusion to Plead Guilty in Russian Oligarch \u2063Case<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Court records on Monday revealed that ex-FBI agent Charles McGonigal, once in charge of counterintelligence in the FBI&#8217;s New York office during the investigation into Trump&#8217;s alleged Russia ties, plans to admit guilt for unlawful business transactions with a Russian oligarch. While surprising to many, these allegations highlight the complexity of the case.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2245,"featured_media":1995103,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1995102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1995102","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2245"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1995102"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1995102\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1995103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1995102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1995102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1995102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}