One of the highest-ranking FBI agents to ever face criminal charges was sentenced to over four years in prison on Thursday for secretly colluding with a Russian oligarch.
Charles McGonigal, a former counterintelligence leader in the FBI’s New York field office, pleaded guilty to a conspiracy charge. McGonigal’s lawyers had asked for no prison time, but the judge came down harshly on the former FBI bigwig.
“I committed a felony and as a former FBI special agent it causes me extreme emotional and physical pain,” McGonigal told the judge prior to the imposition of the sentence. “I stand before you today with a deep sense of remorse.”
Remorse that you got caught.*
Ah yes 50 months for treason as an internal high ranking agent. Just a slap on the wrist
RuZZia owned the people that were supposed to be investigating The Tromp Crime Family.
Don’t worry, it’s not for the benefit of my country (Russia) too. Only for the criminal top of it.
Light treason
“I committed a felony and as a former FBI special agent it causes me extreme emotional and physical pain. I stand before you today with a deep sense of remorse.”
What he did, shat on the carpet? 50 months and this half-assed apology don’t seem like a punishment for a treason for a top official.
it causes me extreme emotional and physical pain
That’s the exact opposite of feeling remorse.
Remorse is about feeling bad about what you did to others or your country.
“Great work McConigal, they split America’s voters from ear to ear”
“Hey, I’m tryin ta eat lunch here”
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Ah, counter-counterintelligence.
FBI counter-intelligence has an interesting track record of working for the Russians.
hey, law enforcement is a tough business, there are a lot of grey areas… it’s hard to know when it’s okay and when it’s not okay to become an asset of an agent of Putin’s regime…
ROFL…. Quick! Ask if the Russian oligarch cares!
Of course he cares, who do you think gave the order to the judge?
This is the only thing I can think of when I see the surname McGonigal (although admittedly, the spelling is different).
Great read. Thanks for that.
I’ve “enjoyed” McGonigall’s “poetry” for years.
That’s a real kick in the gonicles
Four years.
