An ex-Russian diplomat charged alongside a former top FBI counterintelligence chief for illegal dealings with Russia has asked a federal judge to prohibit documents or evidence in the case from becoming public.
Lawyers for Sergey Shestakov say the slew of media articles about the case is “highly prejudicial” because they link him to Russian President Vladimir Putin and Moscow’s broader intelligence efforts. Mr. Shestakov’s lawyers deny that he has ties to Mr. Putin or Russian intelligence.
In addition to the news articles, several notable politicians have spoken about the case. Both House Republicans and Senate Democrats have each opened an investigation into Mr. Shestakov’s co-defendant, former FBI official Charles McGonigal. In 2016, Mr. McGonigal was serving as chief of the cybercrime section at FBI headquarters. In that position, he was one of the first FBI officials to learn that a Trump campaign official bragged that Russian officials had dirt on Hillary Clinton, sparking the Trump-Russia collusion investigation known as Operation Crossfire Hurricane.
Ms. Galvin said the court should impose a provision that would require both sides to keep track of prospective witnesses and if they disclose any material to whom it was leaked. It would also require prosecutors to provide any prospective witnesses with a copy of the protective order. As prosecutors tell it, Mr. McGonigal and Mr. Shestakov agreed in 2021 to investigate one of Mr. Deripaska’s rivals in exchange for payments. Both defendants are accused of receiving payments through shell companies and forging signatures to keep Mr. Deripaska’s payments secret.
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