The leftist party are corrupt tyrants. Should / should not have done something is academic now. They need to be treated with the prejudice and malice that criminals and traitors deserve.

As much as I think there should have been prosecutions, and there is no way in my mind there shouldn't have been more, they were all going to be tried in DC. The same DC courts that always let D's off unless there is video evidence of murder, and even then only sometimes... Disappointing.

https://www.breitbart.com/poli...erate-investigation/

Sens. Ron Johnson (R-WI) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA) sent a letter to Special Counsel John Durham to inquire why certain former FBI officials did not cooperate with his investigation of the FBI’s probe into the Trump campaign for alleged Russian collusion.

In particular, the senators requested specifics on former FBI Director James Comey, former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, former FBI investigation agent Peter Strzok, former Assistant Director of the FBI Counterintelligence Division Bill Priestap, former FBI lawyer Kevin Clinesmith, and Fusion GPS chief Glenn Simpson.

The letter requests Durham’s reply no later than May 30 about the following:

Did you subpoena any of the individuals listed above?
Did the Justice Department, or any of its components, impede any of your office’s investigative activities?
Which FBI Counterintelligence personnel “refused to cooperate”? Of those, which personnel eventually cooperated?
Please describe how each individual “refused to cooperate.”

Wray testimony before Senator Ron Johnson (R, WI). Wray uses the phrase, “Let me be very clear…” He doesn’t provide clear answers to any of Sen. Johnson’s questions, but he’s exposed as a Dem operative for all the world to see. I think this is worth your time, roughly 8 minutes.

Disgraced FBI official who probed Trump set to plead guilty
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“McGonigal's lawyers did not immediately respond to a request for comment. A spokesman for the U.S. Attorney's office in Manhattan, which brought the case, declined to comment. …”

DailyMail article:
https://mol.im/a/12382523

Hm… “U.S. Attorney's office in Manhattan”
I wonder if they’re crafting a plea deal for McGonigal similar to the one for Hunter Biden that they tried to slip past the judge.

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How important was McGonigal ?

From a previous post on 13 FEb 2023:

Charles “Charlie” McGonigal , 54, was among the first FBI officials to learn that Trump campaign adviser George Papadopoulos told an Australian diplomat that Russia had “political dirt” on Clinton.

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 case .”

The FBI investigation, dubbed “Crossfire Hurricane,” led to the appointment of special counsel Robert Mueller and a 22-month, $32 million probe of Russian meddling in the 2016 election and potential ties to associates of Trump, now 76.

Shortly before Mueller was appointed, McGonigal also sent a message to an FBI colleague that discussed how agents were interviewing another Trump campaign adviser, Carter Page.

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McGonigal was one of the key triggers about Papadopoulos getting info from the mysterious (and still missing) Joseph Mifsud.

and now we know FBI MCGonigal later got paid by Russian Deripaska.

and here is the old DoJ/FBI team protecting their favorites,

McGonigal pleaded guilty to a single count of concealment of material facts on Friday.

The judge scheduled a sentencing hearing for Feb. 16, 2024.

In exchange for his guilty plea, prosecutors agreed to ask the judge to dismiss eight other counts included in the original indictment.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news...payments/ar-AA1h7IJB

^^^^^^^^
Any chance that the judge won’t be as malleable as the prosecution and defense hope?

“A former top FBI counterintelligence agent has been sentenced to four years in prison for doing work for sanctioned Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska.

Charles McGonigal, 55, was handed the sentence by Manhattan federal court by Judge Jennifer H. Rearden for his work trying to dig up dirt for the wealthy businessman.

The judge said McGonigal harmed national security by repeatedly flouting sanctions meant to put economic pressure on Russia to get results without military force.

He was also fined $40,000 and ordered to forfeit $17,500.

Reaerden said McGonigal's crime was a greedy money-grab that leveraged the knowledge he gained in his FBI career to cozy up to a notorious industrialist Deripaska, a person he once investigated. …”

DailyMail article:
https://mol.im/a/12868311

reminder:

quote:

Charles “Charlie” McGonigal , 54, was among the first FBI officials to learn that Trump campaign adviser George Papadopoulos told an Australian diplomat that Russia had “political dirt” on Clinton.

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 case .”

The FBI investigation, dubbed “Crossfire Hurricane,” led to the appointment of special counsel Robert Mueller

Interesting to return to reading this thread years after it began. Conclusion: the FBI is thoroughly corrupt along with the entirety of the US bureaucratic state. We don't live in a free country anymore; but the good news is despite persistent state efforts to hide their duplicity many fellow citizens are waking up to this reality. I'm optimistic that big change is coming as more people see the truth of our situation.