Christopher Donohue

Chris Donohue is a retired Supervisory Special Agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) with over 25 years of experience handling various criminal, counterterrorism, and national security investigations. He began his FBI career in 1996 as an Intelligence Research Specialist in the San Francisco field office, assigned to the newly formed Joint Terrorism Task Force where he conducted research into activities of terrorist groups, foreign intelligence agencies and violent domestic extremists. Donohue became a Special Agent in 2000, and spent the next 18 years focusing on counterterrorism, white collar crime, and complex financial crimes and securities fraud. Promoted to Supervisory Special Agent in 2018, he oversaw the civil rights and international human rights programs in the New York Field Office, and instituted community outreach and awareness programs in addition to supervising team investigations. His last assignment before retiring was as Acting Assistant Special Agent in Charge in the New York field office’s criminal division. In 2021, Donohue and his team received the Attorney General’s Distinguished Service Award for their efforts in dismantling a criminal enterprise, whose members engaged in racketeering, sex trafficking, and forced labor, among other crimes. Donohue holds a Master of Arts in Security Policy Studies from The George Washington University Elliott School of International Affairs, and a bachelor’s degree in Government and Politics from St. John’s University.