Gjykata federale e Uashingtonit d\u00ebnoi t\u00eb premten me 28 muaj burg ish-zyrtarin e FBI-s\u00eb Charles McGonigal, \u201cp\u00ebr shkelje t\u00eb r\u00ebnd\u00eb t\u00eb besimit t\u00eb publikut\u201d, lidhur me 225 mij\u00eb dollar\u00ebt q\u00eb mori nga shqiptaro-amerikani Agron Neza dhe mosdeklarimin e kontakteve me zyrtar\u00eb t\u00eb Shqip\u00ebris\u00eb, p\u00ebrfshir\u00eb me kryeministrin Edi Rama.<\/p>\n
Gjykat\u00ebsja e \u00e7\u00ebshtjes Colleen Kollar-Kotelly tha n\u00eb sall\u00ebn e gjyqit para dh\u00ebnies s\u00eb d\u00ebnimit se fakti q\u00eb zoti McGonigal kishte marr\u00eb para nga dikush q\u00eb e kishte prezantuar me zyrtar\u00eb t\u00eb huaj n\u00eb Shqip\u00ebri \u201c\u00ebsht\u00eb nj\u00eb shkelje shum\u00eb serioze\u201d dhe se mesa duket n\u00eb fund t\u00eb karrier\u00ebs s\u00eb tij, zoti McGonigal kishte humbur \u201ckompasin moral\u201d.<\/p>\n
N\u00eb seanc\u00ebn q\u00eb e ndoqi n\u00eb sall\u00ebn e gjyqit Z\u00ebri i Amerik\u00ebs, gjykat\u00ebsja tha se nuk mund mund t\u00eb kishte motivacion tjet\u00ebr p\u00ebrve\u00e7se \u201cpangop\u00ebsi por edhe arroganc\u00eb\u201d q\u00eb zoti McGonigal kishte menduar se mund t\u00eb b\u00ebnte veprime t\u00eb tilla, pa pasoja.<\/p>\n
Gjykat\u00ebsja tha se n\u00eb vendimin e saj, ajo kishte marr\u00eb parasysh se ai kishte marr\u00eb p\u00ebrgjegj\u00ebsin\u00eb duke pranuar faj\u00ebsin\u00eb p\u00ebr marrjen e 225 mij\u00eb dollar\u00ebve nga zoti Nezaj dhe lidhjet me zyrtar\u00ebt e Shqip\u00ebris\u00eb dhe se kishte shprehur pendes\u00eb.<\/p>\n
Prokuror\u00ebt e Departamentit t\u00eb Drejt\u00ebsis\u00eb i kishin k\u00ebrkuar gjykat\u00ebs, d\u00ebnimin e zotit McGonigal me 30 muaj burgim dhe nj\u00eb gjob\u00eb prej 95 mij\u00eb dollar\u00ebsh, \u201cp\u00ebr shkelje t\u00eb r\u00ebnd\u00eb t\u00eb besimit t\u00eb publikut\u201d, si\u00e7 thuhet n\u00eb memorandumin lidhur me akuzat p\u00ebr rastin e Shqip\u00ebris\u00eb.<\/p>\n
N\u00eb seanc\u00eb, prokurorja Elizabeth Ann Aloi, tha se shkeljet e zotit McGonigal ishin flagrante dhe p\u00ebrb\u00ebnin korrupsion.<\/p>\n
Kemi t\u00eb b\u00ebjm\u00eb me nj\u00eb zyrtar t\u00eb lart\u00eb t\u00eb FBI-s\u00eb q\u00eb shiti postin “p\u00ebr 225, 000 dollar\u00eb\u201d, tha ajo.<\/p>\n
\u201cAi nuk mori para nga nj\u00eb mik i ngusht\u00eb, tha ajo duke iu referuar zotit Neza, por nga dikush q\u00eb po e lidhte me zyrtar\u00eb t\u00eb huaj\u201d, tha ajo.<\/p>\n
Prokurorja vazhdoi m\u00eb tej duke th\u00ebn\u00eb se ai \u201ckishte shkuar aq larg sa kishte hapur nj\u00eb hetim n\u00eb FBI p\u00ebr nj\u00eb lobist\u201d, nga informacionet q\u00eb kishte marr\u00eb nga burimet e tij t\u00eb lidhjeve n\u00eb Shqip\u00ebri, tha prokurorja.<\/p>\n
Vet\u00eb zoti McGonigal shprehu keqardhjen p\u00ebr veprimet e tij.<\/p>\n
N\u00eb p\u00ebrfundim t\u00eb seanc\u00ebs, zoti McGonigal nuk pranoi t\u2019u p\u00ebrgjigjej pyetjeve t\u00eb Z\u00ebrit t\u00eb Amerik\u00ebs duke th\u00ebn\u00eb “jo tani” nd\u00ebrsa avokati i tij, Seth DuCharme tha se \u201cjemi shum\u00eb t\u00eb leht\u00ebsuar\u201d.<\/p>\n
Megjith\u00ebse avokat\u00ebt e zotit McGonigal k\u00ebrkuan q\u00eb d\u00ebnimi nga gjykata e Uashingtonit t\u00eb llogaritej n\u00eb t\u00eb nj\u00ebjt\u00ebn koh\u00eb me at\u00eb t\u00eb Nju Jorkut, ku ai \u00ebsht\u00eb d\u00ebnuar me 50 muaj burg lidhur me akuz\u00ebn p\u00ebr shkelje t\u00eb sanksioneve amerikane ndaj Rusis\u00eb, gjykat\u00ebsja vendosi q\u00eb d\u00ebnimi n\u00eb Uashington t\u00eb ishte i ve\u00e7ant\u00eb.<\/p>\n
N\u00ebse d\u00ebnimet do t\u00eb konsideroheshin t\u00eb nj\u00ebkoh\u00ebshme, do t\u00eb thoshte q\u00eb d\u00ebnimi i gjykat\u00ebs s\u00eb Uashingtonit t\u00eb ishte pjes\u00eb e 50 muajve t\u00eb caktuara p\u00ebr gjyqin e Nju Jorkut, por si prokuror\u00ebt ashtu edhe gjykat\u00ebsja ishin dakord se zoti McGonigal duhet t\u00eb vuante d\u00ebnim t\u00eb ve\u00e7ant\u00eb p\u00ebr akuzat e lidhura me Shqip\u00ebrin\u00eb.<\/p>\n
Sipas prokuror\u00ebve t\u00eb \u00e7\u00ebshtjes, zoti McGonigal jo vet\u00ebm nuk kishte deklaruar marrjen e parave, por kishte avancuar interesat e biznesit t\u00eb zotit Nezaj dhe g\u00ebnjeu FBI-n\u00eb p\u00ebr aktivitetet e tyre t\u00eb p\u00ebrbashk\u00ebta, duke fshehur k\u00ebshtu faktin q\u00eb ai kishte konflikt interesi dhe interesa financiare private. Ai gjithashtu kishte fshehur takimet me kryeministrin e Shqip\u00ebris\u00eb, Edi Rama, k\u00ebshilltarin e tij Dorian Du\u00e7ka dhe persona t\u00eb tjer\u00eb.<\/p>\n
\u201cKjo p\u00ebrb\u00ebn n\u00eb thelb korrupsion q\u00eb minon transparenc\u00ebn dhe besimin n\u00eb integritetin e Deg\u00ebs Ekzekutive t\u00eb qeveris\u00eb. I pandehuri ishte betuar se do t\u00eb hetonte dhe parandalonte krimet kund\u00ebr Shteteve t\u00eb Bashkuara dhe jo t’i kryente ato\u201d, ishin shprehur prokuror\u00ebt n\u00eb\u00a0dokumentin<\/a>\u00a0ku k\u00ebrkonin d\u00ebnimin e zotit McGonigal.<\/p>\n N\u00eb shtator zoti McGonigal pranoi faj\u00ebsis\u00eb n\u00eb gjykat\u00ebn federale n\u00eb Uashington, p\u00ebr t\u00eb gjitha akuzat q\u00eb kishin t\u00eb b\u00ebnin me Shqip\u00ebrin\u00eb, p\u00ebrfshir\u00eb kontaktet e paraportuara me kryeministrin e Shqip\u00ebris\u00eb, Edi Rama dhe k\u00ebshilltarin jozyrtar t\u00eb kryeministrit, Du\u00e7ka, n\u00eb k\u00ebmbim t\u00eb rr\u00ebzimit t\u00eb 8 pikave t\u00eb tjera q\u00eb kishte akt-padia.<\/p>\n Kryeministri Rama ka deklaruar se zotin Neza \u201cnuk e kam njohur m\u00eb par\u00eb asnj\u00eb her\u00eb. Nuk kam shk\u00ebmbyer as letra, as interesa dhe asgj\u00eb tjet\u00ebr, por e kam takuar vet\u00ebm n\u00eb pranin\u00eb e ish zyrtarit t\u00eb lart\u00eb t\u00eb FBI-s\u00eb\u201d.<\/p>\n Prokuror\u00ebt: Akuzat mund t\u00eb v\u00ebrtetohen \u201cp\u00ebrtej \u00e7do dyshimi t\u00eb arsyesh\u00ebm\u201d<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n Marr\u00ebveshja<\/a>\u00a0e arritur n\u00eb shtator mes zotit McGonigal dhe prokuror\u00ebve, b\u00ebri t\u00eb mundur q\u00eb \u00e7\u00ebshtja t\u00eb mos shkonte n\u00eb gjyq. Por aty theksohej se p\u00ebrmes saj pal\u00ebt deklarojn\u00eb se \u201cn\u00ebse \u00e7\u00ebshtja do t\u00eb shkonte n\u00eb gjyq\u201d \u2026Shtetet e Bashkuara (prokuror\u00ebt) mund t\u2019i provonin faktet p\u00ebr t\u00eb cilat zoti McGonigal pranoi faj\u00ebsin\u00eb \u201cp\u00ebrtej \u00e7do dyshimi t\u00eb arsyesh\u00ebm\u201d.<\/p>\n N\u00eb seanc\u00ebn e shtatorit, zoti McGonigal iu p\u00ebrgjigj \u201cpo\u201d t\u00eb gjitha akt-akuzave p\u00ebr k\u00ebto fakte.<\/p>\n Ato p\u00ebrfshinin mes t\u00eb tjerash vizitat e tij n\u00eb Shqip\u00ebri, takimet me kryeministrin Rama dhe \u201cmbajtjen e nj\u00eb marr\u00ebdh\u00ebnieje t\u00eb vazhdueshme me t\u00eb\u201d dhe zotin Du\u00e7ka, si edhe faktin se ai kishte \u201cinformuar Prokurorin e Departamentit t\u00eb Drejt\u00ebsis\u00eb \u2026 p\u00ebr nj\u00eb hetim t\u00eb mundsh\u00ebm kriminal p\u00ebr nj\u00eb shtetas amerikan, q\u00eb ishte regjistruar p\u00ebr t\u00eb b\u00ebr\u00eb lobiz\u00ebm \u2018p\u00ebr nj\u00eb parti q\u00eb nuk ishte e kryeministrit Rama\u201d.<\/p>\n Hapja e hetimit p\u00ebr lobistin amerikan<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n N\u00eb akt-padi nuk identifikohet lobuesi amerikan dhe as partia shqiptare.<\/p>\n Por m\u00eb 14 n\u00ebntor t\u00eb vitit 2017, lobisti Nick Muzin, depozitoi n\u00eb Departamentin e Drejt\u00ebsis\u00eb, ndon\u00ebse me vones\u00eb, dokumentet mbi aktivitetin lobues t\u00eb disa muajve m\u00eb par\u00eb p\u00ebr llogari t\u00eb PD-s\u00eb.<\/p>\n Zoti McGonigal informoi Departamentin amerikan t\u00eb Drejt\u00ebsis\u00eb p\u00ebr k\u00ebt\u00eb rast, m\u00eb 25 n\u00ebntor, \u201cpasi nj\u00eb dit\u00eb m\u00eb par\u00eb ai kishte marr\u00eb informacion mbi lobistin amerikan\u201d nga zoti Du\u00e7ka.<\/p>\n N\u00eb at\u00eb koh\u00eb, pik\u00ebrisht dy dit\u00eb m\u00eb par\u00eb, m\u00eb 22 n\u00ebntor, BIRN, kishte b\u00ebr\u00eb publik faktin se Muzin kishte deklaruar se kishte marr\u00eb 500 mij\u00eb dollar\u00eb nga Partia Demokratike.<\/p>\n Nd\u00ebrsa n\u00eb janar 2018, ish zyrtari i FBI-s\u00eb, merr s\u00ebrish informacion, k\u00ebt\u00eb her\u00eb nga shqiptaro-amerikani Neza. Ky i fundit, sipas aktakuz\u00ebs, e ka marr\u00eb informacionin nga zyra e kryeministrit t\u00eb Shqip\u00ebris\u00eb.<\/p>\n Kur vitin e kaluar foli n\u00eb parlament p\u00ebr k\u00ebt\u00eb \u00e7\u00ebshtje zoti Rama tha se \u201ckoha s\u00eb cil\u00ebs i referohet ky moment, p\u00ebrkon me dit\u00ebt pasi skandali kishte dal\u00eb n\u00eb media k\u00ebtu dhe un\u00eb apo zyra ime, nuk kishim asgj\u00eb tjet\u00ebr lidhur me k\u00ebt\u00eb, p\u00ebrve\u00e7 informacioneve t\u00eb dala n\u00eb media se po t\u2019i kishim, si do i mbanim, t\u00eb fshehura?”, duke shtuar se \u201cpo t\u00eb kisha patur \u00e7far\u00ebdo informacioni, m\u00eb shum\u00eb se ato q\u00eb dol\u00ebn n\u00eb media, p\u00ebr faktin e tmerrsh\u00ebm q\u00eb rus\u00ebt financonin opozit\u00ebn m\u00eb t\u00eb madhe t\u00eb k\u00ebtij vendi p\u00ebr t\u00eb rr\u00ebzuar qeverin\u00eb, do t\u2019ia kisha p\u00ebrcjell\u00eb kujtdo q\u00eb t\u00eb mundja, pa asnj\u00eb diskutim, nga organizatat partner\u00eb t\u00eb ndjeshme p\u00ebr k\u00ebto \u00e7\u00ebshtje dhe FBI-s\u00eb patjet\u00ebr, t\u00eb par\u00ebs fare\u201d.<\/p>\n Por n\u00eb fakt, n\u00eb at\u00eb koh\u00eb, nuk ishte folur p\u00ebr financime ruse. Shkrimi i botuar nga BIRN nuk merrej fare me k\u00ebt\u00eb \u00e7\u00ebshtje, e cila doli n\u00eb drit\u00eb m\u00eb von\u00eb, n\u00eb mars 2018, pas dyshimeve t\u00eb ngritura nga nj\u00eb shkrimi i botuar nga revista amerikane \u201cMother Jones\u201d.<\/p>\n Nga ana tjet\u00ebr, kryeministri nuk ka dh\u00ebn\u00eb asnj\u00ebher\u00eb shpjegime se p\u00ebrse Neza dhe Du\u00e7ka u angazhuan drejtp\u00ebrdrejt n\u00eb k\u00ebt\u00eb \u00e7\u00ebshtje, i pari duke u sh\u00ebrbyer si burimi konfidencial p\u00ebr FBI-s\u00eb p\u00ebr k\u00ebt\u00eb rast dhe i dyti, k\u00ebshilltari i zotit Rama, duke sponsorizuar udh\u00ebtimet e d\u00ebshmitar\u00ebve nga Evropa p\u00ebr takimet e tyre me FBI-n\u00eb, nd\u00ebrkoh\u00eb q\u00eb zoti McGonigal nuk kishte informuar FBI-n\u00eb p\u00ebr marr\u00ebdh\u00ebnien e tij financiare me zotin Neza, apo kontaktet e tij t\u00eb vazhdueshme me zotin Du\u00e7ka.<\/p>\n Dokumentat tek t\u00eb cilat ka qasje Z\u00ebri i Amerik\u00ebs, d\u00ebshmojn\u00eb se hetimi ishte hapur n\u00eb shkurt t\u00eb vitit 2018, p\u00ebr disa mosp\u00ebrputhje n\u00eb plot\u00ebsimin e dokumentave t\u00eb FARA-s, ligjit p\u00ebr regjistrimin e lobist\u00ebve dhe se kishte ngjallur pik\u00ebpyetje dhe te vet\u00eb personeli i FBI-s\u00eb.<\/p>\n Pik\u00ebpyetjet e zyrtar\u00ebve t\u00eb FBI-s\u00eb lidhur me k\u00ebrkes\u00ebn p\u00ebr hetimin e lobistit<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n