Charles “Charlie” McGonigal helped originate the FBI’s Russia hoax investigation of President Trump and his 2016 presidential campaign. As the New York Post explains, FBI Deputy Assistant Director Jonathan Moffa told Senate Judiciary Committee staffers in 2020 that he got a July 2016 email from McGonigal which “contained essentially that reporting, which then served as the basis for the opening of the [Crossfire Hurricane] case.” After serving as chief of the cyber-counterintelligence coordination section, McGonigal was promoted to Special Agent In Charge Of the New York FBI counterintelligence division. McGonigal retired from the FBI in 2018 to pursue other interests.

In a plot twist that casts additional shade on the FBI’s Russia hoax, McGonigal has been charged by in the Southern District of New York with committing federal crimes in exchange for “concealed payments” for illegal services provided to sanctioned Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska. …

The charges disgrace the FBI several times over. Russia! Russia! Russia! Where have you gone, James Comey?

[Notice how all of the Russia hysterics have suddenly gone silent? — Ed]