A More Positive Take on the Awan Plea Deal

Stream ^ | 7/11/18 | MIKE HUCKABEE

[Libloather]

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So, if it’s not going to be handled in D.C., where WILL it be handled? Robinson suggests that it’s moving from D.C. to Utah, under U.S. Attorney John Huber, who was selected by Attorney General Sessions to handle cases related to the IG report. Remarkably, Huber operates with a staff of 470 investigators, far exceeding the investigative power of a special counsel. One other possibility, if the cases relating to Awan include allegations of treason or other matters of national security, is that they will be tried in a military court, away from the media and the chance of compromising sensitive information, sources or methods. That lessens the likelihood that any “big fish” will get away on a technicality.

“Rest assured,” Robinson concludes, “this entire case is being handled with the utmost care.”

It’s hard to have confidence in that, especially when we’ve watched certain people skate for so long, but let’s hope she’s right. Sessions’ decision to call upon John Huber to team up with the IG and conduct a full-fledged criminal investigation in Utah, in the clean mountain air far from the stinky D.C. swamp, may turn out to be every bit as brilliant as top legal expert Jonathan Turley said it was in March.

[Liz]

“It’s clear that the Awan clan moved large bytes of data off the secure Congressional network,”
said a source close to the burgeoning investigation.

The Awan clan had “full and complete access" to House Democrats' data including:

<><> personal notes WRT House issues,

<><> incoming and outgoing e-mails,

<><> constituent email,

<><> Congressional calendars,

<><> Congressional committee schedules,

<><> Congressional hearing reports,

<><> Congressional meeting notes and memos, and,

<><> other sensitive Congressional information.

Investigators are trying to determine if any classified information was compromised.

Although the network that was breached by the Awan clan is an unclassified system, it’s possible that House members
themselves or their staff, that were cleared to handle classified information inadvertently sent such information
via in e-mail after receiving classified briefings, sources believe.

[Liz]

July 3, 2018
IMRAN AWAN PLEADS GUILTY TO MAKING FALSE
STATEMENT ON APPLICATION FOR HOME EQUITY LOAN
Falsely Claimed Property Was Not Being Rented
SOURCE 07/03/2018 WAQAR NAWAZ

Imran pled guilty to a federal charge stemming from a false statement made on a home equity loan, announced U.S. Attorney Jessie K. Liu, Matthew R. Verderosa, Chief of the United States Capitol Police, and Matthew J. DeSarno, Special Agent in Charge, of the FBI Washington Field Office’s Criminal Division

Awan pled guilty in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to making false statements on a loan or credit application. The charge carries a statutory maximum of 30 years in prison. Under federal sentencing guidelines, he faces a likely range of zero to six months of incarceration. The Honorable Tanya S. Chutkan scheduled sentencing for Aug. 21, 2018.

According to plea documents filed today, on Dec. 12, 2016, while in the District of Columbia, Awan submitted an online application in the name of his wife, Hina Alvi, to a credit union for a home equity line of credit on a property that she owned in Alexandria, Va. Awan made a material misrepresentation in the application by stating that the property was his wife’s primary residence and not a rental property.

In fact, she was renting the property to tenants at the time. Awan made the misrepresentation because the credit union had a policy of not extending home equity lines of credit on rental properties. On Jan. 5, 2017, the credit union offered a home equity line of credit of $165,000. Then, between Jan. 12 and Jan. 18, 2017, the credit union transferred $165,000 into the account. Awan paid off the balance on Jan. 18, 2017.

Awan and his wife were indicted on federal charges related to the loan in August 2017. Both had pled not guilty to the charges. Under the plea agreement with Awan, the government agreed to ask the Court to dismiss all charges against Alvi at the time that Awan is sentenced.

This case was investigated by the U.S. Capitol Police and the FBI’s Washington Field Office. It is being prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia.

—- SOURCE: news provided by JUSTICE.GOV on Tuesday, July 3, 2018.