My guess is that, in addition to the usual torrent of issues and decisions that Attorney General Sessions has to deal with, he his handful of allies in the DOJ are lining up credible and trustworthy special prosecutors to look into the long list of Democratic scandals. The goal will be to have a group of them ready to hit the ground running as soon as they are named. That requires that every special prosecutor file disclosure paperwork, get ethics clearance, unload their legal practice or put it on hold, and have deputies and key support staff lined up.
<><>The office of Andre Carson, the second Muslim in Congress, employed Imran Awan. As did the offices of Cong Jackie Speier and Cong Debbie Wasserman Schultz.
<><> A Democrat member of Congress expressed concern that, “they may have stolen data from us.”
<><> Congressman Joaquin Castro, who also sits on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI), utilized the services of Jamal Moiz Awan. Speier and Carson’s offices utilized Imran Awan.
<><> The Pakistani IT clan had been employed by Democrats...including HPSCI minority members Speier, Carson and Joaquín Castro.
<><> Abid Awan was employed by Lois Frankel and Ted Lieu: members of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. Also on the committee is Cong Castro.
<><> Cong Robin Kelly employed Jamal Awan.
<><> Cong Ted Lieu also sits on the subcommittees on National Security and Information Technology of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
<><>Tammy Duckworth’s office had also employed Abid. Before Duckworth successfully played on the sympathy of voters to become Senator Tammy Duckworth, she had been on the Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces of the Armed Services Committee.
<><> Cong Gwen Graham, who had also been on the Armed Services Committee and on the Tactical Air and Land Forces subcommittee, employed Jamal Awan.
<><> Jamal was also employed by Cedric Richmond’s office. Richmond sits on the Committee on Homeland Security and on its Terrorism and Cybersecurity subcommittee. He is a ranking member of the latter subcommittee.
<><> Also employing Jamal was Cong Mark Takano of the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
<><> Imran had worked for the office of John Sarbanes who sits on the House Energy and Commerce Committee that oversees, among others, the nuclear industry.
<><>Other members of the Committee employing the brothers included Yvette Clarke, who also sits on the Bipartisan Encryption Working Group, Diana DeGette, Dave Loebsack and Tony Cardenas.
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Imran Awan and his two brothers, Jamal and Abid, Imran's wife and a friend, Rao Abbas, are at the center of an investigation that deals with, among other things, allegations of illegal access. They have been barred from the House of Rep network as of February 17.
(NOTE: Rao Abbas was a no-show, cashing US govt checks but an eyewitness said he spent his work time at home.)
NOTE: Imran brother Abid has retained an attorney specializing in money-laundering litigation.
My guess is that, in addition to the usual torrent of issues and decisions that Attorney General Sessions has to deal with, he his handful of allies in the DOJ are lining up credible and trustworthy special prosecutors to look into the long list of Democratic scandals. The goal will be to have a group of them ready to hit the ground running as soon as they are named. That requires that every special prosecutor file disclosure paperwork, get ethics clearance, unload their legal practice or put it on hold, and have deputies and key support staff lined up
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You’re dreaming if you think sessions can find “a handful of trusted allies” in the DOJ swamp