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The FBI director added that all of McGonigal's connections and cases in which he may have influenced, using his influence, are being investigated.
The director of the FBI, Christopher Wray, has testified today in the Judiciary Oversight Committee in the Senate , on a number of issues, including the 'McGonigal' case.
From the very first questions, American lawmakers were interested in learning about the Charles McGonigal scandal. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse asked him if there was an independent investigation, beyond the investigation of the judiciary, in relation to this scandal, where Prime Minister Edi Rama is also involved.
“I wanted to talk to you about Charles McGonigal today. He's an FBI agent, which is interesting in two ways. First, he pleaded guilty to a charge of an undeclared bill of $225,000 from a foreign national, and he awaits sentencing for the crimes he pleaded guilty to this coming February.
The second interesting thing is that he headed the counterintelligence office in New York at a time when it was widely reported that FBI agents in New York and former New York prosecutor Rudy Giuliani were pressuring Director Comey to intervene in Hillary Clinton's campaign and to damage it, something we unfortunately know Comey did with press conferences that violated Justice Department rules and procedures.
So my experience is that when someone is in the pre-sentence period for a criminal case, that's a very good time to get information from them and cooperation from them. I don't know what happened to the New York field office during that period, but I want to know if there was an independent investigation into whether fraud occurred with the FBI during this time in office. I have not received any confirmation that such a thing has happened. The plea agreement does not reflect any sign of cooperation outside of this agreement. I have not been able to see if the Inspector General is looking into this matter. What do you know about this matter? ”, said Senator Sheldon Whitehouse in the question addressed to the director of the FBI.
Wray confirmed that the Inspector General of the Ministry of Justice is engaged in this investigation. The FBI director added that all of McGonigal's connections and cases in which he may have influenced, using his influence, are being investigated. He further said that two prosecutors are engaged in the investigation of McGonigal's abusive cases, that of New York and Columbia.
" First, I appreciate you raising this issue. I have a few things to say. First, our counterintelligence division is the one that discovered McGonigal's transgressions, tracked him down and arrested him. We are very focused on trying to determine in all the ways you can imagine what the things he may have been influencing during his abusive behavior.
Second, I think there are two prosecutors' offices involved, New York and the District of Columbia. So there are two issues, at the pre-sentence stage and his cooperation could potentially be appropriate. We can't say how far we're going to go here, but I can tell you that we engaged the Inspector General because we wanted to understand the true extent of what Mr. McGonigal has done and what he knows ," the FBI director said. in his answer.
Furthermore, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse stated that the involvement of the Inspector General of the Ministry of Justice is a good sign, which was also confirmed by the director of the FBI./ Pamphlet
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