There is A LOT going on inside this story, and the pair of indictments only scratch the surface.
[WaPo – New York Times – ABC News]
According to the DOJ, “A former Special Agent in Charge of the FBI New York Counterintelligence Division [Charles F. McGonigal, 54, of New York City] and a former Soviet and Russian diplomat [Sergey Shestakov, 69, of Morris, Connecticut] were arrested Saturday on criminal charges related to their alleged violating and conspiring to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) and conspiring to commit money laundering and money laundering.
Interestingly, there are two sets of indictments. The first is in New York related to the U.S. sanctions against Russia, specifically Oleg Deripaska [SEE HERE]. The second is in DC related to money laundering, payments from Deripaska [SEE HERE]. The New York case is related to post retirement activity in 2021. The DC case is related to activity when Charles F McGonigal was taking money from Russians, and apparently others, while simultaneously investigating Donald Trump, “from August 2017 and continuing through and beyond his retirement from the FBI in September 2018.”
It would appear, Main Justice in DC is concerned about the timeline and are structuring the money laundering prosecution to keep tight control in Washington DC, for the period when McGonical was a special agent in charge. However, given the backstory of the players involved, and known 2021 FARA filings that hit on the organizations involved, the FBI and DOJ have known about this issue for quite some time, at least 18 months prior to the indictments today.
These indictments are a rabbit hole that runs sideways from the Trump-Russia collusion nonsense and includes the use of “contractors” in 2021 that McGonigal had to know from his time in the FBI counterintelligence operations.
Charles McGonigal was the operational lead who kickstarted the Trump Crossfire Hurricane investigation in 2016 (a false construct) per testimony by Jonathan Moffa [pg, 32/33], and was also the lead official in charge of the investigation into the DNC email leak (WikiLeaks), claimed by the U.S. government to have stemmed from Russian hackers (another false construct).
Following his work in the DC bureau of the FBI, McGonigal was moved to be Special Agent in Charge (SAC) of the FBI’s Counterintelligence Division in New York. He retired Sept ’18 from New York.
From the DOJ (New York Case):
“In 2021, McGonigal and Shestakov conspired to provide services to Deripaska, in violation of U.S. sanctions imposed on Deripaska in 2018. Specifically, following their negotiations with an agent of Deripaska [likely, Yevgenyi Fokin], McGonigal and Shestakov agreed to and did investigate a rival Russian oligarch in return for concealed payments from Deripaska.
As part of their negotiations with Deripaska’s agent, McGonigal, Shestakov and the agent attempted to conceal Deripaska’s involvement by, among other means, not directly naming Deripaska in electronic communications, using shell companies as counterparties in the contract that outlined the services to be performed, using a forged signature on that contract and using the same shell companies to send and receive payment from Deripaska.
McGonigal and Shestakov were aware that their actions violated U.S. sanctions because, among other reasons, while serving as SAC, McGonigal received then-classified information that Deripaska would be added to a list of oligarchs considered for sanctions as part of the process that led to the imposition of sanctions against Deripaska. In addition, in 2019, McGonigal and Shestakov worked on behalf of Deripaska in an unsuccessful effort to have the sanctions against Deripaska lifted. In November 2021, when FBI agents questioned Shestakov about the nature of his and McGonigal’s relationship with Deripaska’s agent, Shestakov made false statements in a recorded interview.” (link)
Within the indictment [pdf here, page #12] the methods McGonigal intended to use to assist Oleg Deripaska in the investigation of a competing oligarch:
Now if you were a former FBI counterintelligence special agent and high-level officer within the organization, what subcontractor would you be reaching out to for support and research assistance on behalf of a client? Occam’s Razor = the same subcontractors you used when you were in office. Where would those subcontractors be able to look?… likely the same FBI/NSA databases we have been discussing for years.
Now, put your reference thinking cap back on, remember when we were saying back in 2017/’18/’19, that if FBI contractors had this kind of database access as described by the NSA and FISA court, wouldn’t it stand to reason there were also people inside these contracted agencies that would monetize their access to sell information.
Remember that conversation?
Well look at what is outlined above under the auspices of “dark web” files and McGonigal “obtaining funds from Deripaska to purchase” them.
“Dark Web” files my ass, these are the files extracted by government contractor access to the FBI and NSA database. It’s not a leap, heck, it isn’t even a nudge, to see the connection here. I digress.
Back to the filings, let’s jump to the Money Laundering one in DC (SEE HERE). The bold name is my suspicion on who the unnamed character is:
[…] Charles F. McGonigal, 54, a former FBI Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Office, has been arrested on charges relating to his receipt of $225,000 in cash from an individual who had business interests in Europe and who had been an employee of a foreign intelligence service [Evgeny Fokin], while McGonigal was serving as Special Agent in Charge of FBI counterintelligence efforts in the New York Office. McGonigal retired from the FBI in September of 2018.
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 [Fokin] who had ongoing business interests in foreign countries and before foreign governments.
Specifically, McGonigal requested and received at least $225,000 in cash from [Fokin] 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. (more)
Likely due to his senior official status and close relationship with the DC FBI, the investigation of McGonigal was/is being handled by the Los Angeles office of the FBI. According to the press release, “the FBI Los Angeles Field Office is investigating the case, with significant assistance provided by the FBI Washington Field Office.”
If you read the indictment pdf here and are curious about the New Jersey businesses and law firm involved, there is an excellent article from 2021 [SEE HERE] about a FARA notice that connects all of these dots together. “On Nov. 29, 2021, Sergey Shestakov, the former Soviet diplomat, registered as a Foreign Agent for Fokin, the alleged former senior Russian intelligence official.” (more) That FARA filing is likely the construct of the issue that led to the indictments today.
Last point. Why would the Washington FBI turn on one of their senior FBI officials?
It seems odd, knowing the corruption inside the DOJ and FBI, they would throw a bag over Charles McGonigal. In normal DC operations they would retain this information as leverage against McGonigal for later use; and/or as an insurance policy against him. Something triggered the FBI and DOJ-NSD to act.
McGonigal did nothing on behalf of Oleg Deripaska, much different than Chris Steele or Adam Waldman did. Chris Steele was at one time working for Deripaska, and Waldman -a lawyer/lobbyist with deep DC connections- was representing Deripaska’s U.S. interests.
Sure, the sanctions regime against Russia might have changed things, but essentially trying to get sanctions removed wasn’t by itself illegal. It’s the money exchange where things get into legal trouble. “Money laundering” only applies if the source or origin of the money is illegal; thus, the action to conceal the origin of the money creates the issue of money laundering and conspiracy therein.
…”In 2021, McGonigal and Shestakov conspired to provide services to Deripaska, in violation of U.S. sanctions imposed on Deripaska in 2018. Specifically, following their negotiations with an agent of Deripaska, McGonigal and Shestakov agreed to and did investigate a rival Russian oligarch in return for concealed payments from Deripaska.”…
The DOJ-NSD, FBI and U.S. government knew this from the FARA registration.
… And McGonigal was leveraging his FBI knowledge to get investigative searches conducted deep within the NSA/FBI database. But apparently neither he nor the subcontractors are getting in trouble for that part. Go figure.
Another “Mc”Traitor. So many McCriminals.
I have a very difficult time believing there are elements within the DOJ or FBI acting in accordance with their normal duties in any of these things. Why now? What the heck is up with Biden being suddenly held accountable at least on tv for having classified documents in his possession? We go from former president to actual president having authority removed to determine document classification. The power only properly resides within the dark tower I suppose. We know Biden was always temporary. Killing him figuratively or rather politically ala Nixon could easily be accomplished and set the precedent for Trump’s unfitness for office by his treasonous attempts to withhold documents from the aforementioned dark tower.
At the same time we hear Russia is getting pissed over this war that should have ended long ago and nukes are not out of the question if the West continues to funnel weapons to prolong and continue the conflict until they achieve their aim of regime change in Moscow not being satisfied with Ukraine and using them as fodder for their larger target. Why are we doing this? We have been in a hot war for some time with a foe it was formerly believed foolhardy to engage through the mad doctine of mutual assured destruction. Things are reaching a turning point.
If you were to ask me, the CCP is getting the most out of the circumstances considering the parties involved.
Yes, in part considering the parties whose arm stores are being depleted and whose promised aid in distress is an ever more cruel lie…
This is all a psyop. There is some big gathering of loose ends going on. Nothing is what it appears. However, at some point their lies are so contrived that they get lost in trying to make it all rhyme. Only their incompetence is as deep as their malevolence-like the Orcs in the Lord of Rings.
It will be a ritual for me at the end of the day to take a shot of brandy so to numb myself. It’s becoming very difficult to ……… whatever it takes.
Not take that kind of shot. Tee Hee.
Is it too simplistic to sum this up as:
Russia Russia Russia
=
FBI FBI FBI
?
Over on Twister, leftys are tagging this guy with Trump affiliations, Jared and Don Jr, yada yada
… regardless that he was part of Comey’s FBI and “investigating” Trump, etc
They think it’s a big disgrace for PresTrump “damn conservative turncoats there in FBI” yada yada
click over and read a few twits, you’ll be entertained
(click the date in the last line below, it’s an active hyperlink)
Thanks, but no thanks,…I’ll pass.
But thanks too, for going where many of us won’t, and reporting back.
Kinda like asking the fox to investigate the disappearance of chickens! And now, 12 years latter they notice feathers in the fox’s mouth!
Yep, tying off the loose ends. Classic IC ops. I’m waiting for a SADS epidemic among .gov’ers. Haven’t seen that so far. Only among we civilians.
Maybe that’s it.
The FBI, DOJ, DNI, NSD,NSA etc, etc, etc corruption is so deep & wide that handlers – Comey, Mueller, McCabe, Wray, Barr, Durham etc, etc, etc are nervous – have decided they need to remind/silence/eliminate/intimidate the hundreds of well informed players we can still get you … aka 6 ways to Sunday ?
one of the the facts that has become abundantly clear is that they are at once evil, corrupt and devious and really careless and sloppy.
Why is the China aspect of this case ignored? He took money from Chinese, too, yet it’s been scrubbed, all they mention is his investigation of the spies in China who disappeared…
Here’s a bigger look for anyone who’s interested, more info in the comments, too:
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/top-fbi-russiagate-official-took-secret-payments-russian-oligarch-doj
Here’s a hint about China:
So, The Almost Stellar Supreme Lawman Merrick Garland, an underling to Jobama O’Biden His self, who of course is the The Ultra Supreme Grand Poohbah of Lawfare and Integrity (USGPL&I); The AG of the DOJ, and his innumerable Minions of Mirth and Mischief, who cover up all the Demon-Rat’s Crimes of High Treason… Has Indicted One of His Own FIB types for Collusion with the Russians? REALLY?? Can Anyone else say Fall Guy, or Sacrificial Goat? And is that a waft of fresh ink for a Comensurate Book Deal for his troubles that I smell upon the cold January Swamp Gases of DC? In the Ever Sincere Words of said USGPL&I: COME ON, MAN! Give Me A Break! They are Pissing on our pantlegs and telling us it’s raining Folks! AGAIN!!
Love the acronym!
Wondering why McGonigal only settled for north of $200K from Russia. Paltry sum since the Swampers don’t settle for anything less than a continued laundering thru Ukraine in the millions. Even Joey’s 10% laps $200k by a country mile.
Probably because anything over a threshold triggers automatic kick up towards the dim guy..
There are probably some accounts in Cyprus etc.
But wouldn’t the need for a fall guy indicate the need to mask problems and protect others? Might this mean that there is concern about the potential impact of House investigative committees? If so, that would be good news, since most of us are expecting another nothingburger. Alternatively, this might mean there is a turf war going on within the agency, also good news, since a monolith is more dangerous and difficult to contend with. Or, hope against hope, what if it’s another sign of the counter-revolution that we see being signaled here and there?
I’m also thinking it’s just a distraction for something else going om in the background, or the other hand. A Magic Show..
Biggest FBI bust since Robert Hanssen was turned in by his brother in-law Mark Wauck a fellow FBI agent. Of course it took nearly ten years for the FBI to act. Who knows what Wauck did in those years?
I said this s few days ago…
The most logical reasoning behind the urgency of this Biden Garage Sale and Clean-Up Op was IMO. Is because the Classified Dx in question, or a significant number of them, have been discoverd, ID’d and backtracked from a completely unsuspecting Bureau Case…
S/A’s working the Deripaska case, uncovered Classified Dx, in the course of the work, these Dx were archive searched and link directly back to either Hunter’s Laptop or Senator/VP Joe Biden himself…
A Head’s Up is issued, Clean Up crews are sent in and defense Attorneys rather than FBLie S/A’s are given the gloves, mops and burn barrels..
great theory, Rightfield
Yes, my first thought was — who’s a$$ is being covered?
Time to call “The Wolf”.
Or – use the “pig”
Get out the gimp
I like that. Again, though, that implies that they’re worried about what happens if these things are discovered. If so, this is new behavior for the ObamaSoros, which has acted with impunity in recent years.
Did this also cause the Mar a Lago raid? This didn’t start on Nov 2
He was doing the right things..read his Substack. I’ve been following him since his blog Meaning in History.
https://substack.com/profile/46193003-mark-wauck
Nothing is as it seems.
Distraction from bidens classified files? Could they be related? Does hunters laptop figure into this?
….or is all of this a deflection from something EXTREMELY insidious????
” All Quiet On The Western Front ”
Not.
My second thought — deflecting a more serious crime?
The FBI is a den of seditionist snakes. Abolish the FBI.
The FBI is a den of seditionist snakes. Abolish the FBI. Jail the election conspirators. Then, start on the CIA.
FBI, CIA its the same rotten thing.
Once Mueller signed the MOU, with CIA, they merged.
The FBI-NSD, is a CIA station, in DC.
They CALL it that, because charter and law prohibits the CIA from working in the U.S.
From FBI whistleblower Kyle Seraphin:
https://truthsocial.com/users/kyleseraphin/statuses/109741113879697738
“As many of you know, former #FBI New York Field Office Special Agent in Charge of Count-intelligence Charles McGonigal was indicted today. What many might NOT know is that he was buddies with and ran a sister squad next to disgraced former Section Chief Peter Strzok when he worked as a Supervisory Special Agent at Washington Field Office.”
Birds of the feather…..
FBI Director James B. Comey has named Charles McGonigal as the special agent in charge of the Counterintelligence Division for the New York Field Office. Mr. McGonigal most recently served as the section chief of the Cyber-Counterintelligence Coordination Section at FBI Headquarters.
So why would the Section Chief Peter Strzok allow others to believe he started Crossfire. Effectively protecting McGonigal, while McGonigal received a promotion to special agent in charge of the Counterintelligence Division? One step away from Comey and in a position to bring Comey and Obama down.
Put McGonigal in jail forever.
See what goodies Strzok, Preet, a few others bought about this time. We all
know McCabe got a hold of some bitchin’ wheels, c/o CLINTONBRIBEBUCKS ™.
Have a feeling that Strzok probably leaned a bit on McGonigal to get in on the gravy train.
Wasn’t the NY FBI Office the same office that got the Weiner Laptop – loaded with his photos and emails … and … all of Hillary’s “missing” emails – compliments of Huma ?
Also … was this the same FBI Office that took the seized items from Epstein’s NY Townhouse … after it was raided by Comey’s Daughter ?
Remember … Strzok was on loan to the FBI from the CIA.
Strzok was a double agent (CIA and FBI). The position was even on the CIA web page until taken down. I still have a copy of it.
It couldn’t happen to a nicer rectal orifice.
Trump Russia collusion was, of course, the State against Donald Trump. And the sky is blue.
So has the pivot to China against Trump, through the State, been completed?
Mitch McConnell is surely not an anti-China force, so perhaps the Chinese think they can reach Trump by that avenue? Oh dear..
The establishment seem to be in flux, if not in confusion. The lack of any counter-forces to Donald Trump must be troubling them – who to bribe if your money will be wasted..
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hmmm … China = McConnell = Biden … and all this time we thought it was Obama !
It is and who he’s the little bitch for
I had Russian dressing with my turkey sandwich at the deli last night.
I just wanted to get that off my conscience.
приятного аппетита sleep well!
McGonigal better get a food taster.
Yup … China or Russia or Clintons = poison or windows or a hanging/shotgun Arkancide … lots of nervous FBliars right now.
Mc doogies name is mentioned in the Files Biden stole. or something in the laptop of Junkie #1/ Just a guess. Leverage, stay quiet and you don’t get sent to a Super max. Why did they drop a dime on him what I was wondering all day. why now.
What the heck has Durham been doing? Was he the spackle applied in places the bondo wouldn’t stick to, before the spay paint gets applied?
Am wondering, is there a citizens taxpayer organization that can sue the federal government to make all those individuals in all those agencies repay every dime they wasted back into the coffers. Wasteful spending that could be recaptured to fill that gap the politicians keep on saying the taxpayers have to fill?
I dont see how Durham can look at himself in the mirror.
I don’t think vampires/devils can see themselves in mirrors.
When your head is up your own butt a mirror isn’t needed..
What about Billy Barr…
You can’t make this up!
The insanity intensifies daily,!
So, why would the DOJ turn against one of its senior officials? Hmmm, let’s look at DOJ motives for stuff they do.
I certainly don’t know enough to guess about this, but just trying to think about why.
IMHO, we have a couple of things that make no sense.
1) The MAL raid, made no sense. There was NO legal justification for it, and even as a “Lawfare” tactic, to try to “tar” PDJT, in the Court of Public Opinion, it was a dud.
2) IF the Biden documents scandal, was a “shot across the bow”, to put pressure on Joe to NOT run, WHY the constant finding of MORE docs?
Is Biden, or Biden Inc. refusing to capitulate, hence more docs, to make it clear to him/them that “its over”? Or, is the original premise somehow flawed?
3) And now THIS story, which also makes no sense.
Something happening here,…but what it is, ain’t exactly clear!
SOMEBODY is “making a play”, but WE can’t tell WHO it IS, ….OR what their goal is,….YET.
Whatever whoever is doing, is doing they seem to be doing it in a very PUBLIC manner, so this looks like a narrative that needs more TIME, to clarify.
Also, to me it has the feel of “calling audibles”, …
The way Garland took 24 hrs to speak about the MAL raid, was totally out of character, for instance.
Something wierd is happening,..
Sounds like more than one person is exerting his/her authority — maybe a punch, counterpunch of fearful people? Who has the most to lose by what’s become public? Who has the most to gain? Are “whistleblowers” coming out now or is it something more “insidious” as a writer above suggested.
Or maybe the Big Guy hasn’t been giving his fair share?
Now here’s a wild idea. Maybe, just maybe there is a civil war going on in the DOJ. Maybe some career good guys are running their own operation?
Nope.
It’s a sewer through and through.
They would of been standing with President Trump the whole time..
dc and all of dc, from top to bottom , without exception or reservation is the mortal enemy of the United States of America.
Maybe the proxy war in Ukraine isn’t going as planned and the crap is about to hit the fan.
🤨 I wonder…Are we being led through a controlled demolition of our Republic that involves exposing so much corruption of our government to make us feel in our minds that it is “useless and beyond repair” to such an extent that the only thing which can “save us” is the U.N. coming in (uninvited) and taking over to restore peace and confidence? {Sorry for the long run-on sentence…had a hectic day yesterday with a medical dynamic for a family member.}
answer: you’re right, of course…………….. just said a prayer for your family member (Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be) have you checked out (1) Alexandar Dugin and (2) Yuri Bezmenov
5. Divine Intervention.
I wonder if acting now is to try an isolate and frame this as a one off issue when possibly it may be wide spread and could it somehow connect to Ukraine and all the “alleged” money laundering claims that Giuliani and others have talked about that they said included the Big Guy?
Does this work?
“It seems odd, knowing the corruption inside the DOJ and FBI, they would throw a bag over Charles McGonigal. In normal DC operations, they would retain this information as leverage against McGonigal for later use; and/or as an insurance policy against him. Something triggered the FBI and DOJ-NSD to act.”
Does this not mean that Charles McGonigal took his orders from FBI Director James B. Comey. Therefore, the orders to start Crossfire Hurricane came from Comey? One step away from Obama.
FBI Director James B. Comey has named Charles McGonigal as the special agent in charge of the Counterintelligence Division for the New York Field Office. Mr. McGonigal most recently served as the section chief of the Cyber-Counterintelligence Coordination Section at FBI Headquarters.
https://www.fbi.gov/news/press-releases/press-releases/charles-mcgonigal-named-special-agent-in-charge-of-the-counterintelligence-division-for-the-new-york-field-office
IMHO, Comey and the other ‘active players’ in operation muh russia did NOT take their marching orders from Obama, for the simple reason that Obama could not give them the guarantees they would HAVE to have, to engage in TREASON and attempt a “soft coup”.
Obama, as POTUS was on his way out, and they weren’t concerned about an FBI/DOJ investigation exposing them, because they WERE the FBI/DOJ.
What they had to be worried about, were CONGRESSIONAL Investigations exposing them “if it all went South”.
With R majorities in both Houses, ONLY Ryan and McConnell could give Comey and co. such ironclad assurances, and their actions confirm it, as Ryan blocked subpoenas, and McConnell had Graham blocking any Senate hearings.
The IDEA for Muh Russia came from McConnell, NOT Obama.
A lot of, upon review, avenues lead to the Turtle and his club. Thanks. Question is, who does he work for? WEF? China?
I’d go with the latter…especially since he cozied up to Biden recently, and, of course, McConnell’s wife being who she is.
Ryan and McConnell — nothing like putting an “R” on a coup in progress against an “R” president. Yes, this makes perfect sense after all we know about Ryan and McConnell. Rip the masks off and let the truth, which, as Sundance says, has no agenda, be spread far and wide.
Charles McGonigal gets his promotion October 4, 2016, and by Oct. 13, 2016 Barack Obama approves a statement by the U.S. intelligence community accusing Russia of stealing emails. Reward, for a job well done? Or was the promotion for McGonigal a cover for Peter Strzok, just in case?
October 4, 2016, Charles McGonigal Named Special Agent in Charge of the Counterintelligence Division for the New York Field Office FBI Director James B. Comey has named Charles McGonigal as the special agent in charge of the Counterintelligence Division for the New York Field Office. Mr. McGonigal most recently served as the section chief of the Cyber-Counterintelligence Coordination Section at FBI Headquarters.
Remember – Obama authorized The Crossfire Hurricane operation in late July 2016. Knowing full well, the Russians had nothing to do with the DNC hack. And, that Seth Rich was murdered on July 10, 2016.
Another Reminder: Apparently this included direct involvement on critical issues.
Obama, of course, is a fairly hands-on president in general, a frequent employer of the handshake-plus-upper-arm-grab and the friendly hand-on-back.
https://www.politico.com/story/2009/01/the-power-of-obamas-hand-018142
Did McGonigal authorize the DNC computer hack? Did he authorize the murder of Seth Rich?
Whenever the DNC hack and the botched Seth Rich hit are brought up, I always consider these guys and the inept democrats who were in charge at the time.
Here’s the COMPLETE LIST of the 30 Democrats Who Hired the Criminal Awan Brothers for IT Services (thegatewaypundit.com)
It does make one wonder just how many prominent folks in DC may have also have had their hand in the cookie jar?
Curious to get Sundances thoughts on this as well.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/01/smoking-gun-hunter-biden-receive-classified-information-ukraine-joe-biden-email-top-secret-info-business-partner-devon-archer/
Just read that email that is posted on Twitter, that Hunter wrote to Devon Archer. That may be the email on Hunters’ laptop that set his lawyers looking for the documents, because of the email content. I thought the ending, where Hunter told Devon, to buy a burner phone the next day, and he would do the same, in order to discuss the situation
Originally, it was thought Andy McCabe was one of the three FBI agents who paid Deripaska a visit in New York in September 2016 just prior to the UN session opening. Now apparently it was McGonigal and/or McCabe.
Is that Officer Eloqution who was Popped?
Perhaps it’s a ploy to have everything under investigation and thereby providing cover to not being able to answer any question regarding anything. Even Joe Biden could recite “No comment” successfully 3 out of 5 tries. Then assign Durham as the sole prosecutor for all of it that will finally come to trial 2 months before the statute of limitations expire sometime in the mid-2030s and by that time we’ll all be huddled in our reeducation camps warming our meal of bugs with a magnifying glass.
Ha, warming our bugs with a magnifying glass. Love it 😀
Not far from the truth either, IMO. I’ll be dead by then, hopefully violently. No bug gruel for me.
Not me…I’m using those hand warmer things to heat up my bugs…got any barbecue sauce?
Is there anyone in our government who is not a foreign agent, a traitor or a crook?
No
Nope
So this rogue agency that had personnel from DC and New York spy on Trump, lie on Trump— now are investigating their own head of the investigation.
All of this has Trump continuously fighting allegations and Law Fare bullshit in NewYork and DC courts.
Why is this now being “allowed” to be exposed? The FBI and DOJ control the narrative. They only share information if and when they feel like it.
Simultaneously, we have another game of Clue occurring with Potato in Chief. Where are the hidden records? Are they in the library with the butler? Are they in the garage with the chauffeur? Dear me, wherever are those dratted records? I seem to have misplaced them yet again!
This becomes increasingly insane by the day. In addition, it becomes increasingly clear that the FBI and DOJ need to be cleaned out, shut down, defunded, and their corrupt personnel scattered to the four winds.
What kind of justice can Trump, Trump loyalists, and those poor political prisoners rotting in the DC gulag ever receive from the biased DC and New York courts.
Oh, by the way, who murdered Seth Rich?
Why is Assange continuing to rot in prison over his reveal of this corrupt cesspool we call a federal government?
Conspiracy my ass.
This is all to send a signal to any would-be whistleblowers
Wasn’t Mark Warner trying to arrange a secret meeting with Deripaski? Just curious if he was somehow involved in the shenanigans?
Warner wanted a secret mtg wth Steele but he was working it through Deripaska’s lawyer, Waldman
Sigh, unbelievable. Hey FIB, now do Delaware!
Maybe posted elsewhere…does this arrest protect him from testifying in front of any Congressional Committee? Asking because I really don’t know…
I would say… Yes.
Yes, this does seem odd, doesn’t it? Is it a token indictment to distract or attempt to indicate the ‘honesty’ of the DOJ?? Is it an attempt to keep those ‘evil Russians’ in the public eye, as support for Ukraine is wavering? There is a reason why this indictment drops now (just like Biden’s classified docs being found ‘now’). The timing of these events usually are a distraction for something else…..look HERE, but not here……
Now all of this evidence and the people are shielded against any congressional oversight.
Reportedly McGonigal was picked up Saturday night and arraigned Monday. That means he spent two nights in jail awaiting arraignment. This is not done to “friendlies” even if a bag is being tossed over them. This is a message being sent.
My guess is the FBI couldn’t locate McGonigal on Friday because they already confiscated his cell phone. They would have loved to put him in the pokey for three nights.
Here is more gold by Sundance.
Unclear picture at this juncture. This contractor access is a clear and present national security threat.
Be still my beating heart!
A corrupt “rank and file” former FBI agent is arrested!
He must not have paid “the Big Guy” his 10%?
Wow! You really can’t make this crap up.
The swamp and the swamp rats therein are corrupt to the bone.
We must always remember “liberal projection”. They always accuse others of what they are doing.
Wow!
It’s a sewer, not a swamp. Learn the difference and it will answer a lot of your questions. You’re talking about a giant pool of festering feces not a natural water way..
Was Sam Bankman-Fried money involved in any of this? That money laundering operation has already vanished from public conscious.
See how easily we are all distracted? McGonigal and (Nellie Orr?) probably knew he would be sacrificed and expects to be treated much like Klinesmith was.
Like we always say, “Whatever the Left is accusing you of is exactly what they’re doing…”
The timing of this stuff is meant to try and defuse the House “weaponization” committee by giving DOJ a way to claim they call it both ways.
The DOJ / FBI have been protecting those who steal the honey and have actively shielded them from being identified to the public. But also preventing their arrest and prosecution. But when one of their own steps out of line caught with their hand in the honey jar… They throw them under the bus. I guess, a servant of evil is not allowed to skim off the top for themselves.
Or maybe he didn’t … maybe the FBI just said he did just after they arrested him at JFK.
Is there a ‘Cliff Notes’ version of this? It is so convoluted I can’t make head nor tail of it.
The FBI had an office within the Perkins Coie law firm.
I’m thinking that they might be contractor status as well for other nefarious acts that allowed or forced letters of consent to be imposed by elected officials for electioneering maneuvers in certain swing states to defeat DJT.
The crime of conspiring to commit, and committing money laundering. As if these were the only two. See, they should’ve chosen Ukrainians to commit such crimes with. They’d still be raking in the dough if they had. But because they chose Russians now they’ll be prosecuted because they violated U.S. sanctions against Russia. Yeah because if they were going after those people who are conspiring to commit and are committing money laundering everyone in D.C. would’ve already have been arrested, prosecuted, and sitting in jail already. These two tokens were given their sword to fall on so the unwashed masses could be fooled into thinking such crimes are still enforced equally under the law. They are most definitely not.
Well the left has been really bummed they never got Trump on those Russia charges. Not to mention how direct we have been in pointing this out to them.
How do you counter that..
Come on guys.. you know the real reason they didn’t find evidence on Trump… get this… Russia, Russia, Russia..
No joke. I’m sure McGonigal will get a Trump sized pension in the end for taking the fall here.
Yes, it’s all about the narrative. It’s always about the narrative. They needed oh so badly to pull Trump/Russia out of the trash can for this next election.
This was the only way they could spin that narrative back around. McGonigal had to take the fall so Russia could save Trump and re-enter old narrative..
I still think these idiots are being led by some super computer AI. their moves lack any imagination.
Zerohedge reported that McGonigal was arrested at JFK airport.
Document can be seen at https://www.zerohedge.com/political/top-fbi-russiagate-official-took-secret-payments-russian-oligarch-doj
A few head scratching and related “go figures”.
The saga of the Awan Brothers as I/T specialists to the DNC as well as Clintons and I/T linking into Obama’s oval office accounts, from these two clients.
I remind everybody again of Donna Brazile’s book released in 2017. She stated in the book as well as during interviews (actually job interviews) with Fox News, in January 2017, that the Clinton Foundation had essentially assumed Financial Control of the financially bankrupt DNC in 2015. The Clinton Foundation was shown to be the source of cash, either directly or as a laundering agent, for allot of things related to the “information” used as a predicate for the FBI’s CROSS FIRE HURRICANE.
Then there are ALL the “found” documents in Sock Puppet Joe’s lairs and oh lest we forget the saga of the recent FTX Crypto scandal.
Oh…there was also the other day buried in the story, “Prince Andrew was NOT an Epstein client” that “the Epstein client list was cleared for release and is forthcoming”.
Comrade Obama and especially Clintons are now on the sacrifice list.
The dots are adding up….and some major sacrifices may be required.
Indeed, I thought it funny how the whole Awan brothers thing up and disappeared like a fart in the wind. Whenever I hear of the DNC hack and the botched Seth Rich hit job, the Awans come to mind.
Here’s the COMPLETE LIST of the 30 Democrats Who Hired the Criminal Awan Brothers for IT Services (thegatewaypundit.com)
Was the DNC saved by Clinton or Soros money?
Does this all connect to Ur_a_nium 1 deal somehow?
I could see Biden’s doc’s with some of that to protect himself and could have been at Maralago too.
A little money laundering isn’t that painful; the aforementioned would connect more countries (maybe 5 countries) and higher up evil doers? Hmmm…
Communism… all the useful idiots are the first to go.
The useful idiots = the collaborators.
Soon there will be a more than few major uni-party celebrities on the list of those to be sacrificed from BOTH wings of the uni-party vulture.
It is a historical fact that the first to go in any totalitarian take-over are the collaborators, because of their potential as threats to power as well as the fact they already betrayed one set of allies to be near the throne (they cannot be trusted).
Exactly … once you prove you can be used … you are eliminated … because they know … you can be used.
Fall on the sword to prove Christopher Wray is true blue FBI guy.
He is batting one hit for thousands of intentional strike outs and his uniform is dirty as hell on the inside, but clean on the outside
FBI CORRUPTION runs DEEEEEEEEP! Wray is a coconspirator.