Charles McGonigal, center, the former counterintelligence chief at the F.B.I.’s New York office, was accused of using his position to seek business for an associate.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/03/nyregion/fbi-intelligence-charged-albania.html

Charles McGonigal, former special agent in charge of the FBI’s counterintelligence division in New York, leaves court in New York last month.

Source: https://www.bostonherald.com/2023/03/04/lucas-move-trial-of-fbi-agent-to-albania/

Charles McGonigal, retired since late 2018, was the special agent in charge of counterintelligence for the FBI’s New York office, the largest in the bureau.

Source: https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/arrest-fbi-agent-linked-russian-oligarch-major-blow-rcna67060

In this March 8, 2023, file photo, Charles McGonigal, former special agent in charge of the FBI's counterintelligence division in New York, arrives at Manhattan federal court in New York.

Source: https://abcnews.go.com/US/fbi-counterintelligence-chief-pleads-guilty-concealing-payment-foreign/story?id=103421330

McGonigal faces sentencing early next year in a separate case brought in Washington, D.C. that accused him of concealing a payment from an Albanian intelligence official while on the job.

Source: https://1310kfka.com/abc-news/u-s-news/12/ex-fbi-counterintelligence-chief-charles-mcgonigal-sentencing-to-begin/

"McGonigal knew full well that Deripaska was sanctioned," prosecutors said in their sentencing memorandum.

Source: https://abcnews.go.com/US/fbi-counterintelligence-chief-charles-mcgonigal-sentencing-begin/story?id=105642391

“McGonigal knew full well that Deripaska was sanctioned,” prosecutors said in their sentencing memorandum.

Source: https://1310kfka.com/abc-news/u-s-news/12/ex-fbi-counterintelligence-chief-charles-mcgonigal-sentencing-to-begin/

NEW: FBI agent Charles McGonigal who investigated Donald Trump for colluding with Russia, is set to plead guilty for colluding with Russia.

Source: https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2023/08/no-relation-to-minerva-mcgonagall.php

Only days before Mr. McGonigal contacted the prosecutor, on Nov. 14, Mr. Muzin filed a report with the Justice Department disclosing his lobbying for the Democratic Party of Albania, the center-right political party challenging Mr. Rama.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/03/nyregion/fbi-intelligence-charged-albania.html

Why were the Albanians paying McGonigal?

Source: https://nypost.com/2023/02/15/hunter-bidens-link-to-disgraced-ex-fbi-official-charles-mcgonigal/