Posted on 07/26/2017 9:08:45 PM PDT by nickcarraway
A longtime IT staffer for Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz, the former leader of the Democratic National Committee, was arrested Monday while allegedly trying to flee the country and charged with bank fraud, the latest development in an increasingly odd story.
On Tuesday, Imran Awan, who was trying to fly to Pakistan when the FBI nabbed him, was charged with defrauding the Congressional Federal Credit Union for lying on an application for a $165,000 loan. According to court documents, Awan and his wife lied about an Alexandria property being their primary residence, instead of a rental. They then wired the $165,000 to Pakistan.
Awan is a longtime Capitol Hill staffer who has worked as a shared employee for many different Democratic members of Congress since 2004. Most recently, he worked for Wasserman Schultz but was fired on Tuesday. Awan’s legal troubles began in February after he, his wife, and several other relatives became the target of an investigation into what Politico called an “alleged procurement scam.” The group was reportedly busted for stealing equipment from 20 House members and accessing House IT systems without permission.
Around this time, most lawmakers cut ties with Awan, but Wasserman Schultz kept him around. And that’s the detail at the center of the right-wing media’s interest with this story. The Daily Caller has also honed in on an exchange Wasserman Schultz had with the chief of the U.S. Capitol Police in which she repeatedly asked him to return a laptop that belonged to her.
All of this has led writers such as National Review’s Jim Geraghty to ask some questions:
Why was Wasserman Schultz so impatient to get her computer back from the Capitol Police if it’s relevant to a criminal investigation? Why did she keep Imran Awan on staff until this week? Who’s got the money now? Did a bunch of longtime Capitol Hill IT staffers risk it all for $165,000? In a statement, Awan’s lawyer said his client wasn’t fleeing the country, but going to stay with family in Pakistan after being “unjustly fired” and enduring harassment from “extremist right-wing bloggers.”
“For months we have had utterly unsupported, outlandish, and slanderous statements targeting Mr. Awan coming not just from the ultra-right-wing ‘pizzagate’ media,” the statement said. “Because we are confident in the integrity of the U.S. justice system, we are confident that Mr. Awan will soon be able to clear his name and get on with his life.”
3 day old fish
headline is another Mediascum LIE..... he was not a “former” DWS aide at the time he was arrested, he was a CURRENT aide on her payroll for 6-figures in a part-time fake-work position!!!!!!
Why were the Capitol Police in charge of this investigation?
It woukd seem that they have a Conflict of Interest.
My question is what are Pakistani nationals doing anywhere near this type of data?
“Around this time, most lawmakers cut ties with Awan, but Wasserman Schultz kept him around. And that’s the detail at the center of the right-wing media’s interest with this story.”
And etc...
This is of no relevance to a news story. NY Mag makes no pretense that this is a news story and not a PR release for the Democrats.
This has been the DNC MO. They have very consistently used this publication as one of their initial outlets for flying trial balloons, placing their narrative in the public sphere or other assorted political machinations.
I find it typical that this outlet is among the first of the MSM to report on this with the reporting being on how to think and about and communicate about it in the context of non-Democrat media reports.
The Dem-Media Machine is still in full active mode.
Valid question. Why did a muslim with a total muslim type name get elected President just 7 years after 9/11? Why were his cabinet czars so muslim heavy? Why were there so many muslims around this person no one knew anything about?
Obongo was a total muzzie plant right from the start. They didn't expect him to rise so high so fast either. I can't believe he was re-elected after a failed first term but he was. I have a strong feeling someone played fast and loose some election computers to make that happen.
My question would be how this guy got connected to Debbie in the first place. A party? Some lobbyist? Someone within the office who recommended him?
Time to officially change her name to: Debbie WashYourHair Schultz.
Wonder why his lawyer brought up “ pizzagate”?
First hint ...
Follow the money.
I thought he was fired AFTER he got arrested?
Now it’s news that the MSM has finally found the Awan story.
I’d bet that he doesn’t ‘Survive’ to go to trial.
Debbie Wasserman Schulz is a division of the Clinton Crime Foundation.....the Mafia get taught by the Clintons...
I'd be willing to bet obammy plays heavily into his hiring.
Bank fraud’s the least of what he and Debbie are guilty of. It’s very telling she didn’t fire him until after his arrest.
Who “hacked” the DNC servers and stole the emails that ended up on WikiLeaks?
1) A complicated international conspiracy involving RUSSIAN hackers working for Putin to help Trump, even though Hillary would be the best candidate for Russia?
2) Murdered DNC employee Seth Rich?
3) Uber-crooked IT guys to whom Debbie Wasserman-Schultz entrusted her computers, including the iPad she used for her DNC communications? The Awans had her passwords and her devices. No hacking required. Opportunity, Capability, Motive (blackmail or simply money) = the Awans.
The Dems and DW-S need the Russians cover story to hide behind a fiasco of their own making. Blowing up this up in their face would change the entire political spectrum.
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