# Charles McGonigal's guilty plea caused his sentencing.
*Canonical page:* https://truthscore.com/claim/charles-mcgonigals-guilty-plea-caused-his-sentencing--5814df38
*Numbers under lens:* **Evidence-weighted** (`log-odds@1`)
*Machine twins:* https://truthscore.com/claim/charles-mcgonigals-guilty-plea-caused-his-sentencing--5814df38.md · JSON at https://truthscore.com/api/v1
Charles McGonigal's guilty plea caused his sentencing.

## How it was derived

Nobody asserted this. Scheme **cause-effect** v1, depth 1.

**Premises**

- [The Department of Justice said Charles McGonigal pleaded guilty in 2023 to conspiracy charges stemming from his work for Oleg Deripaska.](https://truthscore.com/claim/08daf38b)
- [Charles McGonigal was sentenced in 2024 to 28 months for concealing information from the FBI about payments received from a link to the Albanian government.](https://truthscore.com/claim/50414d5b)

**Critical questions**

- [open] [Could the outcome have arisen from another cause?](https://truthscore.com/claim/4a2f6d4b)
- [open] [Is the causal generalisation itself well supported?](https://truthscore.com/claim/524a5a60)
- [open] [Did the outcome actually follow the event in time?](https://truthscore.com/claim/bfacdfc8)