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Kid Berwyn

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24. Charles McGonigal worked for Oleg Deripaska same time he worked as CI chief for NY FBI
Tue Apr 16, 2024, 11:03 AM
Apr 16


Did the FBI’s Charles McGonigal Help Throw the 2016 Election to Trump?

The shocking indictments against the former head of counterintelligence for the FBI in New York raise many dark questions.


By Craig Unger
The National Review, February 1, 2023

In the course of writing two books on Donald Trump’s ties to Russia, the same question occurred to me again and again: How is it possible that I knew all sorts of stuff about Donald Trump, and the FBI didn’t seem to have a clue? Or if they did, why weren’t they doing anything with it?

Specifically, I knew that:

* Starting in 1980, an alleged “spotter agent” for the KGB began cultivating Trump as a new asset for Soviet intelligence.

* The Russian mafia laundered millions of dollars through Donald Trump’s real estate by purchasing condos in all-cash transactions through anonymous corporations that did not disclose real ownership.

* Trump Tower was a home away from home for Vyacheslav Ivankov, one of the most brutal leaders of the Russian mafia, and at least 13 people with known or alleged links to the mafia held the deeds to, lived in, or ran alleged criminal operations out of Trump Tower in New York or other Trump properties.

* Trump was some $4 billion in debt when the Russians came to bail him out via the Bayrock Group, a real estate firm that was largely staffed, owned, and financed by Soviet émigrés who had ties to Russian intelligence and/or organized crime.


Much of my material came from FBI documents. A lot came from open-source databases. It made no sense. There was an astounding amount of data on the public record. The FBI had launched enormous investigations of the Russian mafia in the 1980s. They had staked out a New York electronics store that was a haven for KGB officers. They knew that’s where the Trump Organization bought hundreds of TV sets. They had their eyes on Ivankov and other Russian mobsters who were denizens of Trump’s casinos and bought and sold his condos through shell companies. They had to know that Trump laundered money for and provided a base of operations for the Russian mafia, which was, after all, a de facto state actor tied to Russian intelligence. They had to know that the Russians repeatedly bailed Trump out when he was bankrupt. They had to know that Russia owned him.

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As FBI director, Freeh had warned that Russian organized crime posed a grave threat to the United States that far transcended mere criminality. It is not clear how much he was paid by Prevezon after he switched sides, but Freeh later bought a $9.38 million mansion in Palm Beach, Florida, just a 10-minute drive from Trump’s Mar-a-Lago.

Then there was the late James Kallstrom, who ran the FBI’s New York office in the mid-’90s and oversaw successful investigations into both the Italian Mafia and later the Russian mob. Kallstrom had developed close friendships with two key players in the Trump-Russia saga. He worked closely with then–U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Rudy Giuliani in the investigation of the Cosa Nostra network that led to the famed Mafia Commission Trial of 1985–1986. Going even further back, Kallstrom had also been friends with Donald Trump since around 1973, when Kallstrom was putting together a Trump-funded parade in New York to honor Vietnam veterans.

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https://newrepublic.com/article/170328/charles-mcgonigal-throw-2016-election

Unger has been on to the BFEE gangsters since they were in business with the bin Laden clan.

Almost seems odd how this story is nearly completely missing from Corporate McPravda.
Coney wasn't stupid. He knew what he was doing. Biophilic Apr 15 #1
Well, maybe half stupid Raven123 Apr 15 #2
Comey was a fool who misread Trump and thought that wnylib Apr 15 #8
It would have been secure under Hillary. Grins Apr 15 #14
And yet, TFG did so. No sympathy for Comey Raven123 Apr 15 #15
I wanted to barf when I read his "he eats your soul" commentary. CrispyQ Apr 15 #4
I agree, he was a tool and I have never thought he is sincere about anything he says. Escurumbele Apr 15 #5
Indeed. Hey comey, here's a photocopy of old evidence in a closed case. Wanna take a look? unblock Apr 16 #29
To voters not swayed by the Access Hollywood tape, this may not have mattered. TwilightZone Apr 15 #3
You are correct, which is close to 100% his demented base. Escurumbele Apr 15 #6
Yeah, I agree. progressoid Apr 15 #7
It can't be proven either way with certainty. crud Apr 15 #9
I suspect their devotion to him stems from a weird kind of "Robin Hood thing". calimary Apr 15 #12
Good analysis. yardwork Apr 16 #32
Yep. Pretty much! calimary Apr 16 #33
Hypothetical, this is a Fraud case IbogaProject Apr 15 #10
Wait. That's a hugely important speculation based on your "IF." What prosecutors have to prove is different -- ancianita Apr 15 #11
Right. They don't have to prove that Stormy's story *would have* changed the outcome, Ocelot II Apr 16 #27
I disagree with Ron here angrychair Apr 15 #13
Makes me sad to agree. moonscape Apr 15 #16
under righteous news coverage et tu Apr 15 #17
NO. MorbidButterflyTat Apr 15 #18
Excellent post. Thank you. dmr Apr 16 #28
"What is it, that compels men to blame women for SHIT MEN DO??" Attilatheblond Apr 16 #31
The HRC email news was a deliberate political response to the Hollywood tape. nt wiggs Apr 15 #19
she is a disgusting grifter, just like him Skittles Apr 16 #20
If Stormy had told two weeks before election, it might've offset Hillary email last minute SupportSanity Apr 16 #21
I didn't realize anyone didn't know that. But I do realize there are lot of low-information voters out there. Martin68 Apr 16 #22
The NY/NJ FBI moniss Apr 16 #23
Charles McGonigal worked for Oleg Deripaska same time he worked as CI chief for NY FBI Kid Berwyn Apr 16 #24
Apparently for some MorbidButterflyTat Apr 16 #25
If Stormy [known only as a porn star at the time] came out and said "I banged Trump"... CincyDem Apr 16 #26
But this is not an election interference trial. (Though the one in GA is.) thesquanderer Apr 16 #30
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