While working for the FBI, McGonigal injected himself into Albanian politics, seemingly serving as a heavy for the ruling Socialist government there, including its Prime Minister Edi Rama. His efforts may have included a shakedown operation to extort tens of millions of dollars from Albanian business people in exchange for help from McGonigal with staying in Washington’s good graces.

That Balkan aspect of the McGonigal scandal has received scant coverage in American media, despite its troubling implications for the White House, given the close ties between the Biden administration and the Rama government. In contrast, the Albanian media has reported on this seedy matter extensively, given the explosive changes it contains, particularly regarding ties between Rama’s Socialists and international drug trafficking .

Times change, and the remarkable fact that the decade of Rama’s government happens to coincide with Albania becoming the top drug-smuggling venue in all Europe is being stated far beyond the Balkans.

[This should get more attention from the US media. It’s not a surprise at all that they’re uninterested in Biden’s ties to a narcotrafficker regime in Albania. — Ed]