Ex FBI
McGonigal Pled Guilty to Deripaska Aid
Now Linked to CIA After FBI by Shestakov
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon Worth
St Video
SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Jan 28 - In the U.S.
District Court for the
Southern District of New York,
an arraignment was held by
Magistrate Judge Sarah L. Cave
former FBI agent Charles
McGonigal, for helping Russian
oligarch Deripaska in
violation of US sanctions, and
money laundering.
McGonigal,
who'd hired former US Attorney
for the Eastern District of NY
Seth duCharme, pled not guilty
and was given a $500,000
personal recognisance bond
bail deal. Thread below. He
has also been indicted in the
District for the District of
Colombia and should appear
there on January 25. Inner
City Press will cover both
cases.
Inner City Press
covers the SDNY Mag Court(s).
Related
Mag Court live-tweeted
thread (more on Patreon
here)
vlog here
January 23
McGonigal thread here
And the August
15, 2023 guilty plea
proceeding, thread here:
(and video afterward here)
Plea agreement
letter on Patreon here.
Back on March 9,
2023, Inner City Press was
there. Thread here
On November 12
Shestakov through counsel
asked to depose Evgeny Fokin,
before the trial scheduled for
February 10, 2025.
On January 6,
2025 it was granted, citing
Mashinsky, 2024 WL 4728499, at
*9.'
On January 27
there was a conference and the
trial date was pushed back
again, to June 17, 2025. A
request was made - and granted
- to place as yet undefined
redactions on the transcript.
But Inner City Press was there
- more on X for Subscribers here
and Substack here
On January 28
Shestakov's lawyer filed
"indicating the Charles
McGonigal was working with the
CIA after his 2018 retirement
from the FBI." Filing on
Patreon here.
The case is US v.
McGonigal, et al., 23-cr-16
(Rearden)
***
Your
support means a lot. As little as $5 a month
helps keep us going and grants you access to
exclusive bonus material on our Patreon
page. Click
here to become a patron.
Feedback:
Editorial [at] innercitypress.com
SDNY Press Room
500 Pearl Street, NY NY 10007 USA
Mail: Box 130222 NY NY 10013
Reporter's mobile (and weekends):
718-716-3540
Other, earlier Inner City Press are
listed here,
and some are available in the ProQuest
service, and now on Lexis-Nexis.
Copyright 2006-2025 Inner City
Press, Inc. To request reprint or other
permission, e-contact Editorial [at]
innercitypress.com
|