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Sessions DOJ Declares 'No Evidence' Imran Awan Broke Law with Congress's Computer Systems
Breitbart ^ | 3 July 2018 | Robert Kraychik

Posted on 07/03/2018 12:29:56 PM PDT by Meet the New Boss

The Department of Justice (DOJ) revealed a plea deal Tuesday to Imran Awan — former IT staffer for top House Democrats — which states the federal government found “no evidence” that Awan “violated federal law with respect to House computer systems.” The plea deal states:

The Government has uncovered no evidence that your client violated federal law with respect to the House computer systems. Particularly, the Government has found no evidence that your client illegally removed House data from the House network or from House Members’ offices, stole the House Democratic Caucus Server, stole or destroyed House information technology equipment, or improperly accessed or transferred government information, including classified or sensitive information.

The DOJ’s offer allows Awan to plead guilty to making a false statement on a loan or credit application; a violation of 18 U.S. Code § 1014. Although the crime carries a maximum sentence of 30 years imprisonment and a fine possibly exceeding $1,000,000 with restitution and interest penalties, the DOJ estimates a prison sentence of between zero and six months and a fine between $500 and $9,500 in the event of Awan’s acceptance of its terms.

The offer includes dismissal of all charges against Awan’s wife, Hina Alvi, listed in an August-issued indictment. It expires at the end of the day.

Awan, a Pakistani national, managed IT services for more than 20 congressional Democrats, including former DNC chairwoman Wasserman-Schultz (D-FL) over several years.

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Chris Gowen, Awan’s attorney, said last July that “ultra-right-wing-media” had victimized his client with an “anti-Muslim, right-wing smear job.”

(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events
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To: Hotlanta Mike

No one has been indicted.


81 posted on 07/03/2018 4:37:42 PM PDT by tennmountainman ("Trust Sessions" Yeah Right.)
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To: piasa

Bttt!


82 posted on 07/03/2018 5:30:36 PM PDT by Pagey (8 years of MISERY, Thanks to Valerie Jarrett. Wretched human.)
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To: Liz

So much for that information.
Something is fishy here.


83 posted on 07/03/2018 7:54:19 PM PDT by jch10 (Media: prostitutes for the Democrat Party.)
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To: Meet the New Boss

What in the hell is going on???


84 posted on 07/03/2018 7:55:25 PM PDT by Magnatron
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To: LS
I’m not seeing much justice from the Justice Department....

Just finally starting to figure it out eh? You should have started with the Trust But Verify approach before insisting to everyone for almost a year now that Mueller was such a great guy secretly going after Hillary, and insulting everyone who disagreed.

So how much longer before you also finally realize you’ve been the deep state’s #1 stooge and owe the board (and world) a huge apology? Unfortunately it will probably take a while longer, since you’re so heavily invested in your Mueller fantasy. If we ever get an apology at all.

85 posted on 07/04/2018 4:32:46 AM PDT by Golden Eagle (Mueller has several scalps on his wall already, where are ours?)
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To: Meet the New Boss

So sending all those government laptops and Iphones to friends and family in Pakistan wasn’t illegal? Didn’t violate federal law? I’d post more but I’m going to my local National Guard to “stock up”.


86 posted on 07/04/2018 4:57:24 AM PDT by shoff (Vote Democrat it beats thinking!)
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To: Meet the New Boss
Un-F***ing-Believable.

No, wait. This is the Jeff Sessions DOJ. Incompetent. Inept. Incoherent.

On second thought, totally believable.

87 posted on 07/04/2018 4:58:53 AM PDT by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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To: Meet the New Boss
unbelievable... does somebody have pictures of sessions with a live boy, or a dead woman???
88 posted on 07/04/2018 5:44:40 AM PDT by Chode ( WeÂ’re America, Bitch!)
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To: Meet the New Boss

89 posted on 07/04/2018 5:47:06 AM PDT by Drew68
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To: Golden Eagle

I readily accept your apology.


90 posted on 07/04/2018 5:59:12 AM PDT by LS ("Castles made of sand, fall in the sea . . . eventually" (Hendix))
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To: Wuli

I think this is going past the point of stupidity to willful participation in a conspiracy - Jeff Sessions is corrupt, vile evil swamp dweller those defending him are fools. Oh and he still blows goats.


91 posted on 07/04/2018 6:03:01 AM PDT by datricker (Cut Taxes Repeal ACA Deport DACA - Americans First, Build the Wall, Lock her up MAGA!)
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To: LS

I figured as much. Even you must realize it’s too late at this point to salvage any dignity.


92 posted on 07/04/2018 7:20:39 AM PDT by Golden Eagle (Mueller has several scalps on his wall already, where are ours?)
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To: Golden Eagle

Your undignified apology is accepted. You’re welcome.


93 posted on 07/04/2018 7:30:47 AM PDT by LS ("Castles made of sand, fall in the sea . . . eventually" (Hendix))
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To: Aevery_Freeman

No idea what the note said Awan left with Debbie’s laptop but it has to be good.
She demanded “the member” get the laptop back before she claimed it wasn’t hers.


94 posted on 07/04/2018 7:36:28 AM PDT by romanesq (For George Soros so loved the world, he gave us Obama)
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To: Golden Eagle; LS

Golden Eagle,
I think the position you have taken is unreasonable. I have never met LS personally but I have enjoyed his contributions since the early days.
During the Trump cycle he was relied upon due to media insider connection. Posters often demanded a detailed opinion from him.

After most of his primary and general election predictions proved true then the demands for insider opinions became more strident and LS complied. He gave his opinions. Eventually there were those who disagreed. So what. If he seemed flip or snide in a forum response where have you been the last twenty years on this forum. We all get offended or bump others ourselves.

I disagreed with his predictions on Roy Moore’s Election Day results. I was right and he was wrong. So what.

With the opinions he shares with us he charges zero. Why lambast him. Snort at him, ignore him or applaud but why get nasty —he might take the our side on an issue two years from now. Life is short — forum fellowship is forever.


95 posted on 07/04/2018 7:16:15 PM PDT by KC Burke (If all the world is a stage, I would like to request my lighting be adjusted.)
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To: KC Burke; LS
In case you didn’t know, he has for months.insisted that we all put the obvious nature of the witch Hunt of Trump aside and instead fully trust Robert Mueller, making up crackpot theories that Mueller is actually investigating Hillary, and insulting anyone who disagreed. That lunacy gave rise to others here and elsewhere who fell for his snake oil and perpetuated the lie. He deserves to be called out for his outrageous actions, but as you can see he has no shame or guilt in the least. If you want to let him slide then that is up to you, but what he has done has crossed a serious line in my opinion. It’s one thing to be wrong 90% of the time, but to continually comfort the enemy and completely disrupt our attempts to properly analyze their actions, while launching insults and childish names as a major part of his act, are things that shoulddn’t be tolerated in my opinion. Thankfully most everyone just ignores him now, but he needs to know we haven’t forgotten.
96 posted on 07/04/2018 9:03:07 PM PDT by Golden Eagle (Mueller has several scalps on his wall already, where are ours?)
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To: Golden Eagle

I see no reason that you and I need to agree on this.

Posters that are frank about their public person on FR are always treated this way. David Horowitz was harassed off the site as was Mark Levin, long before he was a never trumper. I’ve watched it for twenty years. Normal posters are as opinionated, snarky and off hand as they want to be and no one gives a damn.


97 posted on 07/06/2018 9:25:42 AM PDT by KC Burke (If all the world is a stage, I would like to request my lighting be adjusted.)
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To: LS

Political prosecutions generally rebound on the prosecutor in America. And American politics is always forward looking as opposed to concentrating on the sins of the past, regardless of how corrupt and egregious those sins are. That’s because these are D.C. issues that impact the power brokers, not the people in their daily lives. The winners of elections are those who concentrate effectively on the needs of the voters.

Trump is going to concentrate on the big prize, which would be increasing his political power in the midterms...which would be an unheard-of victory and if he pulled it off, it’d be transformative - he’d actually have his own party behind him fully for the first time. The Democrats are not being helped by the Mueller effort, And Trump would not be helped by a political prosecution of his enemies either. Those things energize and unit the opposition behind a single “banner.” The Democrats don’t appear united right now, and they don’t appear particularly energized, relative to Trump support, either.

If Trump pulls off an upset (of tradition) in the midterms, I expect plenty of high level turnover at DOJ...but prosecutions? Well, maybe of lower-level minions like Strzok and Page, maybe even McCabe, but there’s no percentage politically in pursuing “justice” against powerful figures who are now relegated to history, out of jobs, out of office, out of power. It is better to be forward looking, solving what the people see as problems, not looking at sins of the past, regardless of how corrupt and egregious they were.

When you vote corrupt people into power, and when their opposition is corrupt and milktoast themselves (McCain, Romney, Ryan, Bush et.al.), then you pay the price...there’s no practical, effective recourse...so DON’T vote them in in the first place. That is the real lesson here. In the American system, you have to be careful who you give power to, there is no escaping that. If you choose badly, you might very well lose the American system. So if you are on the side of good...if you are white hats, WIN the damned elections until you eliminate the corrupt.


98 posted on 07/06/2018 10:02:27 AM PDT by Scott from the Left Coast
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To: KC Burke
If you check the record, I’ve been very critical of other posters here who have long claimed that Mueller is secretly working for Trump to indict Hillary, which is a ridiculous and baseless claim that clearly causes dissension on our side, and therefore ultimately provides support to Mueller’s witch hunt and other instruments of the deep state. It’s either intended sabotage, or useful idiocy at its worst. Attempting to give these posters a free pass to continue to weave their dangerous propaganda, as you seem intent on doing, is almost as destructive, but I guess we each have our own priorities.
99 posted on 07/06/2018 10:31:40 AM PDT by Golden Eagle (Mueller has several scalps on his wall already, where are ours?)
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To: cranked

This is maddening. I’m hopeful that our current DOJ will reopen this case and prosecute this spy. Of course, they would most likely have to prosecute the representatives he “worked” for. I’m not going to hold my breath.


100 posted on 10/25/2019 8:33:32 PM PDT by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing))
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