Ex-FBI agent who leaked to Chinese company had his hands in a wide range of notable investigations

The since-convicted FBI counterintelligence leader, who leaked information about a criminal investigation into a Chinese company linked to Hunter Biden’s business efforts, had previously played what he claimed in his defense to have had supervisory roles in a wide range of investigations.

Charles McGonigal, now known to have leaked sensitive information to China-linked targets of an FBI investigation he was helping oversee, played a role in a host of other FBI investigations, including a Chinese mole hunt, a defensive briefing given to Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign, the baseless Trump-Russia collusion investigation, a failed prosecution of Huawei executives, Chelsea Manning's leaks to WikiLeaks, the explosion of TWA Flight 800, Al-Qaeda terrorist attacks, and more.

McGonigal, who served as the section chief of the Cyber-Counterintelligence Coordination Section at FBI Headquarters for much of 2016, was promoted by since-fired FBI Director James Comey to be the special agent in charge of the FBI’s counterintelligence division at its New York field office in October 2016.