A former high-ranking FBI counterintelligence official involved in the U.S. government’s sham investigation into the Trump campaign’s possible ties to Russia pleaded guilty Tuesday to secretly work for a Russian oligarch.
Appearing before a federal judge in New York City, Charles McGonigal , 55, said he was “deeply remorseful” for work he did in 2021 for the billionaire industrialist Oleg Deripaska .
McGonigal told the judge he accepted over $17,000 to help Deripaska collect derogatory information about another Russian oligarch who was a business competitor. Deripaska has been under U.S. sanctions since 2018 for reasons related to Russia’s occupation of Crimea.
McGonigal was also trying to help Deripaska get off the sanctions list, Assistant U.S. Attorney Rebecca Dell said, and was in negotiations along with co-conspirators to receive a fee of $650,000 to $3 million to hunt for electronic files revealing hidden assets […]
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