Regarding McGonigal and the October Surprise 2016 – Hypothesis: What happened between September 21, 2016, when the article about the A. Weiner’s sexting affair was published, and October 28, 2016, when Comey sent his famous (or infamous) Letter to Congress? The copy of the Clinton’s emails, previously leaked, was inserted into the Weiner – Abedin laptop. By whom? Possibly by Charles McGonigal, who was appointed as the head of the NY Counterintelligence on October 5, 2016, and was supposed to start his duties by the late October, 2016. In his new capacity he had the unique access to the laptop (in addition to his cozy relationship with the NYPD), and he could hypothetically transfer these emails, available to him, from a flash drive in a very short period of time. Another explanation is that the emails were transferred from the remote source while this laptop was on line. McGonigal, due to his now known history and the unique access to the laptop, is under high degree of suspicion.
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cnn.com/2018/06/14/polJune 27, 2016 – Lynch met with President Bill Clinton at an airport in Phoenix after Clinton realized the two were on separate planes on the same tarmac.
July 1, 2016 – Lynch said at the Aspen Institute that she “wouldn’t do it again”; she made clear she wouldn’t formally recuse herself from the investigation, but would accept the recommendations of career DOJ staff and the FBI.
July 2, 2016 – Hillary Clinton was interviewed by FBI for three-and-a-half hours.
Morning of July 5, 2016 – Comey, in “A Higher Loyalty,” said he called Lynch and Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates and told them that he planned to hold a news conference on the Clinton case and was not coordinating the statement with the Justice Department. Comey writes in the book Lynch asked only, “What will you be recommending?” and he replied with, “I’m sorry, but I’m not going to answer that.” He added: “It’s very important that I not have coordinated this in any way with the department. I hope some day you will understand why.” Lynch said nothing, according to Comey.
Later on July 5, 2016 – Comey issued a surprise statement on the email server investigation recommending no charges against Clinton; he said DOJ officials “do not know what I am about to say.”
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September 22, 2016 – CNN reported federal prosecutors were investigating former Rep. Anthony Weiner, the husband of top Clinton aide Huma Abedin, for sexting with a minor.
September 28, 2016 – Comey testified in front of the House Judiciary Committee.
Asked if he would reopen the Clinton case if he found new information, Comey said: “It’s hard for me to answer in the abstract. We would certainly look at any new and substantial information.”
On or about September 28, 2016 – FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe was informed about Clinton emails found on Weiner’s laptop. “Got called up to Andy’s earlier…hundreds of thousands of emails turned over by Weiner’s atty to sdny, includes a ton of material from spouse. Sending team up tomorrow to review … this will never end …,” FBI counterintelligence agent Peter Strzok wrote to FBI lawyer Lisa Page. The two worked closely on the Clinton email probe, and later on the FBI’s investigation into Russian meddling in the election.
Early October 2016 – Comey, in “A Higher Loyalty,” wrote that someone at FBI (he believes McCabe), mentioned to him that the Weiner had a laptop might have some connection to the Clinton case. “I don’t remember the conversation clearly. I suspect that is because it seemed like a passing comment and the notion that Anthony Weiner’s computer might connect to Midyear and Hillary Clinton made no sense to me,” Comey said.
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twitter.com/mikenov/status… Regarding McGonigal: He was at the FBI center of events around the Clinton’s emails on the Weiner – Abedin laptop:
“On October 4, 2016, McGonigal was appointed “Special Agent in Charge of the Counterintelligence Division for the New York Field Office” by James B. Comey.
“Mr. McGonigal will assume this new role at the end of October.” –
fbi.gov/news/press-relMcGonigal was an expert on Russian intelligence activities targeting the United States, as well as U.S. efforts to recruit Russian spies.”
google.com/search?q=When+… This was after the Trump – Netanyahu meeting on September 26, 2016, following the publication of the article citing the information from Anthony Weiner’s 15 y.o. “sexting partner” on September 21, 2016, that opened the road to the October Surprise 2016, which was the subject and the part of the bargain between Trump and Netanyahu. See: Trump – Netanyahu meeting of September 26, 2016: QUID PRO QUO google.com/search?q=Trump… McGonigal was in the position, among many other things, to adjust the timing of his report to Comey and other FBI leaders regarding his findings on the laptop, etc., and therefore the timing of the October Surprise 2016 mechanism, starting with the Comey’s October 28 Letter, with the dates chosen to produce the most optimal and maximal effect for the conspirators, Trump and Netanyahu. google.com/search?q=Comey… A number of questions arise in this regard, and the information from McGonigal on this subject would be quite valuable. It is much more here than meets the eye, and certainly much more than just working for Deripaska. There are about a 100 of the journalistic publications on this subject, which followed the news of the McGonigal’s arrest.–
October 24, 2016 – The Wall Street Journal reported that Jill McCabe, the wife of Andrew McCabe, accepted nearly $500,000 from the political action committee of then-Democratic Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe, a Clinton family ally, during a failed bid for state senate in 2015.
October 26, 2016 – Rudy Giuliani went on Fox News to say that then-Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump had “a surprise or two that you’re going to hear about in the next two days.”
October 27, 2016 – Comey held a meeting with the Clinton e-mail investigation team at the FBI to discuss obtaining a search warrant for a set of Clinton-related emails the FBI had discovered on Weiner’s laptop.
Comey wrote in his memoir that the FBI agents in the room told him that it “would take many weeks” to review the newly discovered emails, and that there was “no chance” that it would be done before the election.
October 28, 2016 – Comey wrote to Congress saying, “In connection with an unrelated case, the FBI has learned of the existence of emails that appear to be pertinent to the investigation.” Lynch and Yates privately said the letter ran afoul of DOJ policy.
October 30, 2016 – Prosecutors obtained a search warrant to begin reviewing Weiner’s laptop for emails related to the Clinton investigation.
November 1, 2016 – McCabe sent emails to FBI executives and officials overseeing the Clinton email Investigation informing them that he was recusing himself from those investigations.
November 2, 2016 – Email is leaked showing that Peter Kadzik, then-head of legislative affairs at the Justice Department, offered Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta a “heads-up’” in May 2015 about a congressional hearing where a Justice official was likely to be questioned about Clinton’s email use.
November 6, 2016 – A second Comey letter to Congress stated, “Based on our review, we have not changed our conclusions that we expressed in July.” CNN reported that DOJ agreed with decision to send letter.
November 8, 2016 – Donald Trump is elected President of the United States.
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