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DetlefK

(16,423 posts)
Wed Feb 8, 2023, 05:37 PM Feb 2023

FBI-traitor McGonigal didn't know how to react when the Russian's threw their money at him!

https://www.rawstory.com/charles-mcgonigal-fbi-2659388079/

The mistress of an indicted FBI agent this week spilled secrets about his use of a burner phone, mysterious contacts, envelope exchanges at upscale restaurants and a baggie full of cash.

Allison Guerriero was in a relationship with former FBI official Charles McGonigal when he was the bureau's special agent in charge of the New York field office's counterintelligence division, and she told Insider in a lengthy interview that he was lured by the lavish perks that came with his perch in a world inhabited by spies and oligarchs.

"He was out of his element here," Guerriero said. "He wasn't prepared for all this money, all these power players. He should have stayed in his cute little suburb, mowing his lawn, playing his softball games."

...

and Guerriero can't provide much in the way of a motive for her former lover's alleged crimes.

"He said he needed to make more money," she said. "He had two kids to put through college."


Okay... so this guy is smart and tough enough to become THE HEAD OF AN FBI FIELD OFFICE but when Russians shove their money into his pockets, he is just helpless and overwhelmed and doesn't know how to react.
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FBI-traitor McGonigal didn't know how to react when the Russian's threw their money at him! (Original Post) DetlefK Feb 2023 OP
I Guess You Don't Really Have to BE Smart and Tough To Become Head of an FBI Field Office Beetwasher. Feb 2023 #1
This message was self-deleted by its author Dum Aloo Feb 2023 #2
these people make me sick Skittles Feb 2023 #3
This message was self-deleted by its author Dum Aloo Feb 2023 #4
I sure wish that main stream media would report/talk about this story. DURHAM D Feb 2023 #5
omfg uponit7771 Feb 2023 #6
How Do You React Deep State Witch Feb 2023 #7
Exactly. At the very least report the activity and also *turn the money down.* nt crickets Feb 2023 #8
He Was Counter-Intel, He Was Trained on How to Respond to EXACTLY this Type of Situation Beetwasher. Feb 2023 #10
Must be a modern-day Republican... Justice matters. Feb 2023 #9

Beetwasher.

(2,977 posts)
1. I Guess You Don't Really Have to BE Smart and Tough To Become Head of an FBI Field Office
Wed Feb 8, 2023, 05:53 PM
Feb 2023

Maybe just privileged.

Response to DetlefK (Original post)

Skittles

(153,160 posts)
3. these people make me sick
Wed Feb 8, 2023, 06:53 PM
Feb 2023

when I was 19 and in the military issuing ID's, the elderly widow of a colonel pressed a $20 bill in my hand for my help - I told her that wasn't necessary but she insisted.....I took it to a captain who took it back to her and gently explained that the proof of her husband's service was all that we needed to issue the ID......the point is, I was still a TEENAGER but no one had to tell me that accepting that money would have been WRONG......these fuckers who "didn't know" or "weren't prepared" ARE JUST PLAIN FUCKING CORRUPT

Response to Skittles (Reply #3)

DURHAM D

(32,610 posts)
5. I sure wish that main stream media would report/talk about this story.
Wed Feb 8, 2023, 07:01 PM
Feb 2023

They just don't care that the head of an FBI unit was a Russian asset.

Working to hide it in order to hide the fact that they are complicit and working for Putin.

Deep State Witch

(10,426 posts)
7. How Do You React
Wed Feb 8, 2023, 10:00 PM
Feb 2023

When foreign agents give you money? YOU FUCKING REPORT IT! They have to have some kind of security office, even when you're the person in charge. Report it to another Field Office.

Beetwasher.

(2,977 posts)
10. He Was Counter-Intel, He Was Trained on How to Respond to EXACTLY this Type of Situation
Thu Feb 9, 2023, 11:02 AM
Feb 2023

That’s basically what his job was, to ferret this shit out.

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