Disgraced FBI official who probed Trump-Russia ties set to plead guilty in corruption case
in 2016 — is slated to take a guilty plea in the case accusing him of illegally working for a Russian oligarch.
on charges including money laundering and violating US sanctions by working for Russian billionaire and business magnate Oleg Deripaska, including trying to get him taken off of the US sanctions list. McGonigal pleaded not guilty to the four counts: Conspiring to violate and evade US sanctions, money laundering, conspiring to commit money laundering and conspiring to violate federal law against doing business with sanctioned individuals.
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