Max KennerlyJan 23, 2023

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
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 threadparislady1492
@DavePerrino @maxkennerly Didn’t #MitchMcConnell convince Deripaska to build an aluminum plant in Kentucky. Some thing smells here?
Jan 24, 2023 at 12:36amWeb
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.