• One of the most senior FBI agents to confront criminal charges is slated for sentencing on Thursday.
• Charles McGonigal, formerly a leader in counterintelligence at the FBI’s New York field office, has pleaded guilty to a conspiracy charge and is seeking a sentence without imprisonment.
• Federal prosecutors are recommending a five-year prison term for the former FBI counterintelligence chief in New York. They allege that he misused the skills and authority entrusted to him by his country by covertly collaborating with a sanctioned Russian oligarch.

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