An ex-FBI official who was part of the bureau’s Trump-Russian collusion probe into former President Donald Trump’s campaign will plead guilty to charges of colluding with Russia himself, a federal judge suggested on Monday.
Jennifer Reardon, a Manhattan-based federal judge, wrote in an order that attorneys for the disgraced official, Charles McGonigal, wish to change their plea in the case. Initially, Mr. McGonigal had pleaded not guilty to four corruption charges, including conspiring to evade U.S. sanctions, money laundering, conspiring to commit money laundering and conspiring to violate federal law against doing business with sanctioned individuals.
Each of the four counts has a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison.