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Yeah, forgot about that, he didn't consider China a pariah, but he also didn't have Nixon's grasp on world affairs.

 

Meanwhile, can we get back to "Russia! Russia! Russia!" for a second?

A former top FBI official in New York has been arrested over his ties to a Russian oligarch, law enforcement sources told ABC News Monday.

Charles McGonigal, who was the special agent in charge of counterintelligence in the FBI’s New York Field Office, is under arrest over his ties to Oleg Deripaska, a Russian billionaire who has been sanctioned by the United States and criminally charged last year with violating those sanctions.

McGonigal retired from the FBI in 2018. He was arrested Saturday afternoon after he arrived at JFK Airport following travel in Sri Lanka, the sources said. ...

McGonigal and Shestakov, who worked for the FBI investigating oligarchs, allegedly agreed in 2021 to investigate a rival Russian oligarch in return for payments from Deripaska, according to the Justice Department. McGonigal and Shestakov are accused of receiving payments through shell companies and forging signatures in order to keep it a secret that Deripaska was paying them.​

Former top FBI official Charles McGonigal arrested over ties to Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska

 

I do not understand why we cower before these assholes who see sinister plots at every turn.

M&Ms says it's replacing 'beloved spokescandies' with Maya Rudolph

 

Just to be safe, get a warrant for Four Seasons.

 

Ick

 

I think at this point they have to go back and look at everything this guy did in his involvement in the Trump - Russia investigation. There should probably be a grand jury looking at the NY Field Office with regard to the leaks hitting Hillary Clinton as well. Giuliani was all up in that office as well. Which reminds me that we're not hearing much about his ass getting tossed in the clink lately, either.

I've said it here countless times now. Deripaska comes up over and over all through Trump and Manifort and Flynn. It's Russian destabilization efforts, and they worked like a charm. I'm sure Putin has more than once smiled into his brandy as he contemplated that one and the damage it did to our Democracy. There were leaks from the NY FBI that played into Comey's letter that torpedoed Hillary. All that shit was linked.

This is yet another FARA case.

 

Exclusive: Former top FBI official involved in Trump-Russia investigation under scrutiny by federal prosecutors for his own ties to Russia

 

All of this assumes that Putin's not dead, and that leads me to another point: Zelensky Thinks Putin Might Secretly Be Dead And The Kremlin Is Pretty Pissed About It (Without Actually Addressing Whether Putin Is Alive Or Dead)

 

Big day for justice.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news...-pelosi-desk-capitol-riot-guilty/11081160002/

Four Oath Keepers convicted of Jan. 6 seditious conspiracy