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Ex FBI
McGonigal Pled
Now Shestakov
Trial Delayed
to Feb 2025
Amid Discovery
Disputes
By Matthew
Russell Lee
SDNY COURTHOUSE,
July 23 - In the U.S.
District Court for the
Southern District of New York,
an arraignment was held by
Magistrate Judge Sarah L. Cave
former FBI agent Charles
McGonigal, for helping Russian
oligarch Deripaska in
violation of US sanctions, and
money laundering.
McGonigal,
who'd hired former US Attorney
for the Eastern District of NY
Seth duCharme, pled not guilty
and was given a $500,000
personal recognisance bond
bail deal. Thread below. He
has also been indicted in the
District for the District of
Colombia.
SDNY August 15,
2023 guilty plea proceeding,
thread here:
(and video afterward here)
And below, the
Nov 30 request for no jail
time
McGonigal: I
agreed to collect open source
information about a business
competitor of Oleg Deripaska,
to try to put him on the US
sanctions list. I knew that it
was wrong. I want to thank you
for treating me fairly.
[His voice
breaks]
Plea agreement
letter on Patreon here.
On November 30
McGonigal's counsel Seth
DuCharme submitted partially
redacted letters and a
sentencing memo asking for a
"non-custodial sentence" -
that is, no jail time. Former
FBI Thomas S. Shaughnessy
recounts McGonigal "saving" an
FBI field agent named Mike, no
last name, "rough as a cob
with a true potty mouth."
He also recounts
McGonigal giving "Angry Kevin"
the "Bradley Manning / Julian
Assange case ('Wikileaks') and
that case made Kevin's
reputation." Letter on Patreon
here.
On December 7,
the US Attorney's Office wrote
in and request a sentence of
60 months, and a $200,000
fine.
Some of the
letters are touching.
Sentencing was set for
December 14 at 1:30 pm.
Inner City Press
live tweeted it, thread.
Later the
surrender date was moved to
March 18 - and on March 12,
McGonigal's counsel wrote in
to request another 11 week
extension, letter on Patreon here.
On March 18,
Judge Rearden extended
McGonigal's surrender date to
June 3, 2024.
On May 28
Seth DuCharme filed a redacted
letter seeking to file a
motion under seal, Inner City
Press tweeted a screenshot.
Then the redacted request for
delay was denied. Letter and
denial on Patreon here.
Meanwhile on
co-defendant Sergey Shestakov,
Judge Readren held a
conference on March 22. Inner
City Press covered it, here:
McGonigal's
co-defendant Sergey Shestakov
has a hearing - Judge wants
trial to remain June or
August, says there is a public
interest in moving forward.
Judge: So, August 6 is trial.
And I'll name an additional
CJA counsel to assist
But on July 23,
amid acrimonious discovery
disputes, that trial was
pushed all the way back to
February 10, 2025. Inner City
Press was there, from the
thread:
Defense: They
have McGonigal's laptop, we
want it. They oppose our
subpoena to the NSA. They want
to put in statements by Mr.
Fokin - so have they
wiretapped him on other
occasions?
AUSA: Discovery
is not a fixed in time
thing... Defense: This is a
mealy mouthed answer. NSA and
CIA have information material
to our defense.
Judge: OK, we are
adjourning the trial. CIPA
conference(s) August 7, 3 to 5
pm.
And then the
trial was pushed all the way
back to February 10, 2025
More on X for
Subscribers here
& Substack here
The case is US v.
McGonigal, et al., 23-cr-16
(Rearden)
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