Posted 12/14/2023, 7:57:00 PM
Ex-FBI Official Who Probed Trump-Russia Ties Sentenced for Conspiring with Sanctioned Russian Oligarch
- Ex-FBI official Charles McGonigal sentenced to 50 months in prison for conspiring with Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska to evade US sanctions
- McGonigal pleaded guilty in August to conspiring to launder money and violate sanctions laws
- He sought to get Deripaska removed from US sanctions list in exchange for $17,500
- McGonigal previously helped FBI investigate Trump campaign's Russia ties, ironically
- Also separately indicted for allegedly concealing $225,000 from former Albanian intelligence official