"Charles McGonigal, 54, was accused in a five-count indictment of working for Russian aluminum magnate Oleg Deripaska, who has been under U.S. sanctions since 2018. Sergey Shestakov, a former Russian diplomat turned U.S. citizen who worked as an interpreter for federal courts and prosecutors, was also charged in the scheme.

Federal prosecutors allege the pair worked for Deripaska to investigate an unnamed rival Russian oligarch in 2021 in violation of U.S. sanctions and worked to conceal their activity. Shestakov faces an additional charge of lying to FBI investigators."

Article
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/charles-mcgonigal-fbi-agent-charged-violating-russia-sanctions-oleg-deripaska/

Indictment
https://www.justice.gov/opa/press-release/file/1563486/download

DOJ Press Release 1
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/former-special-agent-charge-fbi-new-york-counterintelligence-division-charged-violating-us

DOJ Press Release 2
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/retired-fbi-executive-charged-concealing-225000-cash-received-former-intelligence-officer

News broke that McGonigal was under investigation about four months ago. I covered it on my show in Episode #136. Here is the clip: https://rumble.com/v1kd1uh-former-fbi-special-agent-in-charge-charles-mcgonigal-under-investigation.html

‘Donald Trump just hired one of the country's top trial attorneys, Joe Tacopina, to go after a former Manhattan prosecutor for allegedly defaming him, TMZ has learned.

In his first order of biz as 45's new legal eagle, Tacopina fired off a letter Monday to lawyer Mark Pomerantz, claiming Pomerantz falsely stated Trump was "guilty of numerous felony violations" and that it was a "grave failure of justice not to hold [Trump] accountable by way of criminal prosecution."‘

https://www.tmz.com/2023/01/23/donald-trump-hires-joe-tacopina-attorney-book-mark-pomerantz/

Here it is. Listen to the cadence of speech and watch the hand gestures. It’s all Obama. She’s being coached. She’s being primed.
@JustHuman_Kyle You have to see this.

https://rumble.com/v26pm86-kamala-omits-americans-right-to-life-from-declaration-of-independence-durin.html

She is absolutely mimicking Obama in this clip. 100%.

Good. 👇

"Four members of the Oath Keepers were found guilty today by a jury in the District of Columbia of seditious conspiracy and other charges for crimes related to the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Their actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress that was in the process of ascertaining and counting the electoral votes related to the presidential election.

According to the evidence at trial, in the months leading up to January 6, these defendants and their co-conspirators plotted to oppose by force the lawful transfer of presidential power, including by amassing an armed “quick reaction force” on the outskirts of the District of Columbia."

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/four-oath-keepers-found-guilty-seditious-conspiracy-related-us-capitol-breach

No doubt the Deep State wants Biden gone.

He has failed as a President and as a leader for [them].

It's been disaster after disaster after disaster. They are too numerous to list.

However, I don't think the Special Counsels, any of the three that are running, are by [their] design. I think [they] are just hoping to use the most recent one, Hur, as a vehicle to get Biden out the door so that one of [their] own can turn things around.

That's right, I think Biden is no longer [theirs].

And I don't believe trying to force him out will work, not quickly anyway.

Before he exits, whether via resignation, the 25th or perhaps even the 2024 election, I think he is going to do as much damage to the D Party as possible.

I think we are witnessing a series of counter strikes being setup and landed.

That's what this Biden docs scandal is: a devastating counter strike.

Trump set them up with his own bogus document scandal, which was really just a transfer of evidence from Trump to DOJ, which Trump and team orchestrated in the first place.

The setup worked beautifully: Precedents set, templates cut, narratives deployed.

And now the boomerang, the counter punch: The Biden White House caught in an even bigger, and criminal, document scandal of its own.

[Their] response is to pivot to pushing Biden out so that Kamala can get in, which means they are turning on Biden.

Good.

Normies, Moderates, what converts may be had from the Left... they were never going to listen to criticisms of Biden that originated from Trump, ConInc, anons, or anyone they perceived to be biased Right.

But they will listen to the MSM and people they perceive to be biased Left.

Convincing people in the middle and left politically to drop Biden, that Biden should be exited, will necessarily involve detailing Biden's offenses to them.

And Bidens crimes, they are prototypical Swamp crimes, prototypical Deep State crimes.

See where this is going?

Got popcorn?

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Yes, sir. You sure can. 😎

"A judge is set to hear arguments Tuesday on whether to release a report by a special grand jury tasked with investigating whether then-President Donald Trump and his allies broke any laws as they sought to overturn his narrow 2020 election loss in Georgia.

Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney will hear arguments from the district attorney’s office, news outlets and potentially other parties before making a decision on the release of the report. The special grand jury, whose work was overseen by McBurney, recommended that the report be made public.

The report is expected to include recommendations for Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis on possible criminal prosecution, though it’s unclear just how specific those recommendations will be. The special grand jury did not have the power to issue indictments, and it will ultimately be up to Willis to decide whether to seek indictments from a regular grand jury."

https://apnews.com/article/politics-georgia-state-government-disaster-planning-and-response-donald-trump-9fb5f9419c296170631b8a5fa7c6a126?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=AP_Politics

"The deputy head of Ukraine’s presidential office quit Tuesday, after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy pledged to launch a staff shake-up amid high-level corruption allegations during the war with Russia.

Kyrylo Tymoshenko asked to be relieved of his duties, according to an online copy of a decree signed by Zelenskyy and Tymoshenko’s own social media posts.

Neither gave a reason for the resignation.

Deputy Defense Minister Viacheslav Shapovalov also resigned, local media reported, alleging his departure was linked to a scandal involving the purchase of food for the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

Deputy Prosecutor General Oleksiy Symonenko also quit."

https://time.com/6249613/senior-ukrainian-officials-resign-amid-corruption-crackdown/

McGonigal has hired Seth DuCharme, the former US Atty for the EDNY who is now an attorney at Bracewell LLP.

Bracewell is Guiliani's old firm and where Barbara S. Jones, the Special Master in the Cohen, Rudy, Project Veritas, and Trump Org cases, is a partner.

No coincidences...