According to Andrew McCarthy at NRO, Awan's wife was detained by FBI agents at Dulles when she was leaving. She was interviewed. $12.5K (above legal limits) was found on her, hidden in various places of her luggage and her body. Yet - the FBI allowed her to leave. Why?
The only reason I can think of is the FBI did not want to tip the husband since they were not ready to arrest him.
I think the FBI was afraid that she might cave under questioning and rat everyone out... so they had to let her get away to protect everyone.
At that point, no charges were stacked up against her. The $12,500 on her? All they’d do is figure up the fine....taking probably 10-percent of the 2,500 as their fee for the situation.