Nite 0wlJan 23, 2023
Max Kennerly

Seems we might have an answer for why, on the eve of the 2016 election, someone at the FBI lied to the NYTimes about the links the FBI saw between Trump and Russia.

Because the then-head of counterintelligence for FBI in NY was just indicted for money laundering and helping Russian oligarchs evade sanctions.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/23/nyregion/fbi-money-laundering-charles-mcgonigal.html

https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/press-release/file/1563476/download

Former Top FBI Official in New York Charged in Money Laundering

Prosecutors say Charles McGonigal, who was chief of counterintelligence, worked secretly for Oleg Deripaska to investigate a Russian rival.

The New York Times
Jan 23, 2023 at 7:39pmWeb
Show threadSteve TorrenteJan 23, 2023
@maxkennerly It also might explain why Giuliani claimed "The FBI is Trumpland."
Show threadStr8ngerJan 24, 2023

@theLastTheorist @maxkennerly Not Giuliani, but an #FBI agent.

"The FBI is Trumpland," a current agent told The Guardian, noting that some have openly discussed voting for Trump next week.

Clinton is "the Antichrist personified to a large swath of FBI personnel," an unnamed agent told The Guardian. "The reason why they're leaking is they're pro-Trump."

https://www.businessinsider.com/rudy-giuliani-fbi-hillary-clinton-emails-2016-11?op=1

Rudy Giuliani comments on FBI tension and Hillary Clinton emails

FBI agents have told former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani that there is "a revolution going on" inside the agency that has now "reached its boiling point."

Insider
Show threadSteve TorrenteJan 24, 2023
@Str8nger @maxkennerly Ah I should have remembered that Giuliani's prose is not that slick. Collapsed in my mind because it was probably one of these FBI agents.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/rudy-giuliani-fbi-clinton-emails_n_581c9e3fe4b0e80b02c93d6b
Rudy Giuliani Confirms FBI Insiders Leaked Information To The Trump Campaign

"Did I hear about it? You're darn right I heard about it."

HuffPost
Show threadSilversaltyJan 23, 2023
@maxkennerly
I also thought of reports at the time that it was NY FBI agents that pressured FBI Director Comey to disclose the finding of HRC emails on a laptop related to an HRC aide. No new info was found but if anything tanked HRC's election chances, it was that late disclosure.
Show threadรђครђเ ๓๏ђคภJan 23, 2023
@Silversalty @maxkennerly I wouldn't be surprised if there are more agents at the NY field office that are compromised
Show threadSilversaltyJan 23, 2023
@stony3k @maxkennerly
Likely conservative Hilary haters. Whether on the take with Russia is another matter. But with this news, definitely worth a full investigation though probably not going to happen.
Show threadSilversaltyJan 23, 2023
@maxkennerly
https://twitter.com/joshtpm/status/1617605484642451456
Josh Marshall on Twitter

“Weird. McGonigal got put in charge of CI at the NYC field office like almost to the day they reopened the Clinton emails case. ironies. https://t.co/EWVzjZDoxy via @TPM”

Twitter
Show threadparislady1492Jan 24, 2023
@Silversalty @maxkennerly This derailed Hillary’s chances for the Presidency. Putin wanted her to lose. Did Mcgonical have something to do with that?
Show threadSilversaltyJan 24, 2023

@parislady1492 @maxkennerly

I posted a link on this elsewhere in this thread..

Show threadLindaNYC2VT Ⓥ 🌊🐖🐄🐓🦃🐬🐝🦋🦇Jan 24, 2023
@parislady1492 @Silversalty @maxkennerly Ask Rudy Giuliani. He knows who his friends at NY FBI field office were.
Show threadDavePerrino ✅Jan 23, 2023
@maxkennerly Will they also be indicting #LeaderMcConnell? https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/how-a-mcconnell-backed-effort-to-lift-russian-sanctions-boosted-a-kentucky-project/2019/08/13/72b26e00-b97c-11e9-b3b4-2bb69e8c4e39_story.html
How a McConnell-backed effort to lift Russian sanctions boosted a Kentucky project

A spokesman said the Senate majority leader did not know the measure would help a company building an aluminum mill in an impoverished part of his home state.

The Washington Post
Show threadparislady1492Jan 24, 2023
@DavePerrino @maxkennerly Didn’t #MitchMcConnell convince Deripaska to build an aluminum plant in Kentucky. Some thing smells here?
Show threadJDSJan 24, 2023

@parislady1492 @DavePerrino @maxkennerly
I live 15 miles from where it was to be built. Most locals had hopes but knew it was probably balderdash.

A corrupt governor.
A corrupt oligarch.
A corrupt businessman.

We know how that ends in Eastern Kentucky.

Show threadJJ PetersonJan 23, 2023
@maxkennerly the NYT wanted to be lied to though. They wanted to tank Clinton.
Show threadWe Can Be GyrosJan 23, 2023
@maxkennerly it explains why Jared and Lee Zeldin get away with M_____.
Show threadPatty KimuraJan 23, 2023
@maxkennerly Meanwhile the NYT will not rethink their practice of being used by partisan Cops and FBI.
Show threadRobert DenbyJan 23, 2023

@maxkennerly

Sounds like they're missing about a half dozen charges. One of them should result in him spending the rest of his life in solitary in Canon City, CO.

Show threadArena Cops 🇺🇦✌Jan 23, 2023

@maxkennerly Have there been contacts between McGonigal & Donald J. Trump/his org/Trump-employed persons, referring to intelligence on Russian oligarchs in NY/ the U.S.?

#RuleOfLaw #AccountabilityMatters #DOJ #FBI #TrumpRussia #Trumputin #Espionage #FARA #ForeignAgents

Show threadLolo💋Jan 23, 2023
@maxkennerly holy funk nutter.
Show threadKimberly MarieJan 23, 2023
@maxkennerly can someone tag Matt Tabbi and whiney Glenn Greenwald?
Show threadPeter ButlerJan 24, 2023
@Kim @maxkennerly I’m waiting for that tag-team expose on McGonigal with bated breath. 
Show threadThe ClericJan 23, 2023
@maxkennerly I'm not sure what the amount of money it would take to sacrifice my integrity, but I can tell you that $225K is an order of magnitude or two away from it.
Show threadJeffJan 23, 2023
@maxkennerly NYT part of cover up
Show threadcrepusculeJan 23, 2023
@maxkennerly My first thought was "how many more of them are on the take?" Because I doubt he's the only weak link.
Show threadRiley S. FaelanJan 23, 2023
@maxkennerly: They indicted the Argyle Gargoyle?
Show threadGerard Cunningham ✒️Jan 23, 2023

@maxkennerly

*Everything* is projection with the far-right.

Remember how much time they spent talking about the Deep State?

Show threadSam GrossJan 23, 2023
@maxkennerly @mmasnick Jesus. It doesn’t look good, does it
Show threadGadgetGavJan 23, 2023
@maxkennerly @mmasnick
Show threadJJ PetersonJan 24, 2023
@maxkennerly I just remember begging the NYT to do journalism on the the FBI n NYC and they destroyed Clinton and helped elect Trump instead. And I unsubscribed to them 11/16 after they helped elect trump.
Show threadThoughtDudeJan 24, 2023

@maxkennerly even if there was none... it is WELL KNOWN that the Kremlin finances radical right wing, because they know, they are the most violent = biggest trouble makers... which is "strange" because it COMPLETELY contradicts that Moscow is against Nazis, if they are supporting Nazis abroad. https://theconversation.com/how-russians-have-helped-fuel-the-rise-of-germanys-far-right-105551

this is equal to #USA support of #Talibán

How Russians have helped fuel the rise of Germany’s far right

The political power of Germany’s Russian community is significant, and it’s helped fuel the rise of the right-wing, anti-immigration Alternative for Germany party known as the AfD.

The Conversation
Show threadparislady1492Jan 24, 2023
@maxkennerly something stunk at the FBI in New York and The NY Times fell for this false all clear for Trump and Russia
Show threadDarrel PlantJan 24, 2023
@maxkennerly how is this story already hidden from the home pages of both NYT and WaPo?
Show threadMichael J. OrlandoJan 24, 2023
@maxkennerly So the investigations into 'weaponization of Federal law enforcement' are going to have a very short half-life? Or become an extended theater of finger-pointing and name-calling?
Show threadDavidJan 24, 2023
I was thinking the same thing when I saw those headlines. The FBI needs a restructuring of the entire management. I’m not sure that the FBI can even be saved at this point, but as we have seen from the whistleblowers, something is rotten.
Show threadLiberalRocksJan 24, 2023
@maxkennerly I have nothing of value to add, but wanted to join the rest of you in being really effing pissed off.
Show threadAaron InnesJan 24, 2023
@maxkennerly I saw this on reddit. Makes sense.
Show threadYusuf ToropovJan 24, 2023
@maxkennerly I asked the NYT ombudsman about this for a year and got no reply. Thank you for posting.
Show threadDeborah MacPhersonJan 24, 2023

@maxkennerly “someone at the FBI” planted way ahead of time, just like trump was fluffed and flattered and paid. Then delivered plenty of documents, secrets, policy. Looks like Putin got what he wanted at many levels including Maria Butina and the NRA. Plenty right wing crazies including in the House continue to sing Putin’s song. WAKE UP.

#IndictTrumpNOW

Show threadBritstralianJan 24, 2023
@maxkennerly Makes you wonder how high this goes...
Show threadBonnie SonderJan 24, 2023
@maxkennerly jfc
Show threadRegisterandVoteJan 24, 2023
@maxkennerly And, they hated Hillary!
Show threadJanArzJan 24, 2023
@maxkennerly are we going to get any answers? Is there going to be indictments? Will we ever see an #unredacted #mullerreport ? Of course we won't
Show threadRealworldrjJan 24, 2023
@maxkennerly Judith Miller 2.0, Clinton Cash 2.0, Podesta email 2.0. This keeps happening because the “hackers” know that the new york times is easily hackable
Show threadZarabeth GeorgeJan 24, 2023
@maxkennerly Yeah, if Merrick Garland so orders. 🤷‍♀️
Show threadLady Liberty 🗽Jan 24, 2023
@maxkennerly Hillary should have never conceded She should of have ordered a Russian investigation in 2016. I wonder if we will ever see the full report without the redactions on the Mueller report.