Breaking: Debbie Wasserman-Schulz' IT staffer arrested while trying to flee US

[Anonymous]

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sure they are. When people are accused of racism, it’s almost always a control tactic. Screaming Islamophobia has helped terrorism

Please explain how "Screaming Islamophobia has helped terrorism"? That makes no sense.

It is interesting that so many fear being called a racist much more than they fear actually being a racist.

Terrorists want people to be accused of Islamophobia because it makes them afraid to ‘see something, say something ‘

Funny, in your mind "terrorists" are all Muslim. But, of course, you would be insulted if you were accused of Islamophobia. Your analysis is a real stretch and not very convincing. It actually sounds more like a justification for Islamophobia which just goes back to my earlier point. You are far more concerned about being called an Islamophobe than you are about actually being Islamophobic.

Your goal in screaming racist is to shut people up.

No, I have much better tools at my disposal if that were my goal. My goal is simply to point out the facts. You have clearly implied that all terrorists are Muslim. That is obviously an Islamophobic belief. You can choose to correct the record or accept the label. That has nothing to do with shutting you up.

I have stated all radical Muslim terrorists are Muslim. YOU have taken that to mean ALL Muslims are terrorists. In fact, I feel Bill Ayers is a terrorist. You see him as a college professor.

The only reason to scream racist at people over and over is to try and control them. Your feelings are not fact. I know liberals struggle with that concept

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A new piece on Fox.com today about this case.

http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2017/10/10/democrats-it-scandal-just-got-even-more-bizarre.html

Imran Awan was back in court last week. When pushed, Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael Mirando revealed some telling things about this case.

First, I should note that it was standing room only in the packed courtroom at the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia Friday morning ... okay, just kidding, actually, only a few reporters sat in the mostly empty wooden benches in the back of the courtroom. Anyone who didn’t know this was the latest scene in a slowly exploding political scandal would have thought this was only a forgettable bank fraud case.
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Now came the revelations. Gowen, Imran’s attorney, asked that Imran’s travel restrictions be removed.

This prompted Assistant U.S. Attorney Mirando to say that when Imran was arrested at Dulles International Airport a cellphone found on him “had been wiped clean just a few hours before.”

Gowen tried to counter this by saying, “Awan had recently bought the phone, so of course it didn’t have any data on it.”

But Mirando was ready. He said the FBI found that the phone had been wiped as clean as Hillary’s server. A time stamp on the iPhone indicated it had been wiped at 6:30 p.m. that evening. Also, Imran did have a laptop on him, but one of the few things on it was a resume. Mirando used this and other details—such as the Awans quickly selling many of their Virginia properties—to explain that Imran had no intention of returning.

In another twist, Gowen brought up a computer that Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz wants back so badly she actually threatened the chief of the Capitol Police in a public hearing with “consequences” if she didn’t get it back.

Gowen argued that the computer and documents seized in a bag left in a public area of a congressional building around midnight on April 6, 2017, are “protected by attorney-client privilege.” Gowen hopes to remove this evidence from future court proceedings.

Gowen, however, didn’t answer what Imran was doing in the Longworth congressional building late at night and long after he’d been fired by every Democrat aside from Rep. Wasserman Schultz (Wasserman Schultz’s office isn’t in Longworth).

Where do things stand at this point?

[Anonymous]

Interesting article in Forbes. Imran Awan, and the others in his family who were hired to work for several Dems in Congress, were not on any of the approved list of IT companies. This is not surprising.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/frankminiter/2017/10/12/exclusive-the-democrats-it-scandal-started-with-this-big-oversight/#15f5b0fa4bbd

None of the six officially vetted IT firms that do work for congressional offices employed Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz’s (D-FL) now indicted IT aide, Imran Awan. This is odd, as congressional offices are given a pre-approved list of tech firms to work with for IT support.

U.S. Senate offices typically have a fulltime employee on staff that handles IT, but most of the 435 congressmen in the U.S. House of Representatives don’t require that much technical support. They typically hire IT professionals from an approved list of companies as they need them and often use them as “shared” employees with other congressional offices.

Imran Awan, nor or his family members and other associates who are now being investigated by Capitol Police, were employed as current or former employees by these vetted firms, say congressional sources.

Capitol Police so far haven’t responded to questions about how this vetting process for IT professional works; however, it has long been known that some have been slipping through with little scrutiny.

[Anonymous]

No worries, PP. Jeff says it’s all ok

[jsteele]

Anonymous wrote:No worries, PP. Jeff says it’s all ok

I'm still waiting for Awan to get indicted for Seth Rich's murder and leaking the DNC emails to Wikileaks. You guys keep telling me it's any minute now.

[Anonymous]

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No worries, PP. Jeff says it’s all ok

I'm still waiting for Awan to get indicted for Seth Rich's murder and leaking the DNC emails to Wikileaks. You guys keep telling me it's any minute now.

That’s what you changed it into. We just feel Wasserman Schultz, Hillary, and other dDems are crooked

[jsteele]

Anonymous wrote:

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No worries, PP. Jeff says it’s all ok

I'm still waiting for Awan to get indicted for Seth Rich's murder and leaking the DNC emails to Wikileaks. You guys keep telling me it's any minute now.

That’s what you changed it into. We just feel Wasserman Schultz, Hillary, and other dDems are crooked

Hillary has nothing to do with this. DWS may well be crooked. That makes her no different than any number of Senators and Representatives of both parties. But, interesting to see you backing away from the initial fantasies of this thread
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[Anonymous]

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No worries, PP. Jeff says it’s all ok

I'm still waiting for Awan to get indicted for Seth Rich's murder and leaking the DNC emails to Wikileaks. You guys keep telling me it's any minute now.

That’s what you changed it into. We just feel Wasserman Schultz, Hillary, and other dDems are crooked

Hillary has nothing to do with this. DWS may well be crooked. That makes her no different than any number of Senators and Representatives of both parties. But, interesting to see you backing away from the initial fantasies of this thread
.

Ah, the ‘both parties’ excuse. All roads lead from DNC to Hillary .

[jsteele]

Anonymous wrote:

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No worries, PP. Jeff says it’s all ok

I'm still waiting for Awan to get indicted for Seth Rich's murder and leaking the DNC emails to Wikileaks. You guys keep telling me it's any minute now.

That’s what you changed it into. We just feel Wasserman Schultz, Hillary, and other dDems are crooked

Hillary has nothing to do with this. DWS may well be crooked. That makes her no different than any number of Senators and Representatives of both parties. But, interesting to see you backing away from the initial fantasies of this thread
.

Ah, the ‘both parties’ excuse. All roads lead from DNC to Hillary .

This case has no ties to the DNC. It involves Congress, not the DNC. The connection to Hillary and the DNC is just another fantasy that you will soon deny ever having.

[Anonymous]

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No worries, PP. Jeff says it’s all ok

I'm still waiting for Awan to get indicted for Seth Rich's murder and leaking the DNC emails to Wikileaks. You guys keep telling me it's any minute now.

That’s what you changed it into. We just feel Wasserman Schultz, Hillary, and other dDems are crooked

Hillary has nothing to do with this. DWS may well be crooked. That makes her no different than any number of Senators and Representatives of both parties. But, interesting to see you backing away from the initial fantasies of this thread
.

Ah, the ‘both parties’ excuse. All roads lead from DNC to Hillary .

This case has no ties to the DNC. It involves Congress, not the DNC. The connection to Hillary and the DNC is just another fantasy that you will soon deny ever having.

Yes, correct. DWS had nothing to do with the DNC. Ever.

The Awan brothers worked for more than 30 House and Senate Democrats, as well as former Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz, who only fired Imran Awan on Tuesday after his arrest. News of the investigation broke in February, but Schultz kept Awan on staff for five months before firing him. Schultz even threatened Capitol Police Chief Matthew Verderosa about the investigation in May.

[jsteele]

Anonymous wrote:

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No worries, PP. Jeff says it’s all ok

I'm still waiting for Awan to get indicted for Seth Rich's murder and leaking the DNC emails to Wikileaks. You guys keep telling me it's any minute now.

That’s what you changed it into. We just feel Wasserman Schultz, Hillary, and other dDems are crooked

Hillary has nothing to do with this. DWS may well be crooked. That makes her no different than any number of Senators and Representatives of both parties. But, interesting to see you backing away from the initial fantasies of this thread
.

Ah, the ‘both parties’ excuse. All roads lead from DNC to Hillary .

This case has no ties to the DNC. It involves Congress, not the DNC. The connection to Hillary and the DNC is just another fantasy that you will soon deny ever having.

Yes, correct. DWS had nothing to do with the DNC. Ever.

The Awan brothers worked for more than 30 House and Senate Democrats, as well as former Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz, who only fired Imran Awan on Tuesday after his arrest. News of the investigation broke in February, but Schultz kept Awan on staff for five months before firing him. Schultz even threatened Capitol Police Chief Matthew Verderosa about the investigation in May.

DWS worked for the DNC, not Awan. Please don’t deny your DNC and Hillary fantasies down the road.

[Anonymous]

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No worries, PP. Jeff says it’s all ok

I'm still waiting for Awan to get indicted for Seth Rich's murder and leaking the DNC emails to Wikileaks. You guys keep telling me it's any minute now.

That’s what you changed it into. We just feel Wasserman Schultz, Hillary, and other dDems are crooked

Hillary has nothing to do with this. DWS may well be crooked. That makes her no different than any number of Senators and Representatives of both parties. But, interesting to see you backing away from the initial fantasies of this thread
.

Ah, the ‘both parties’ excuse. All roads lead from DNC to Hillary .

This case has no ties to the DNC. It involves Congress, not the DNC. The connection to Hillary and the DNC is just another fantasy that you will soon deny ever having.

Yes, correct. DWS had nothing to do with the DNC. Ever.

The Awan brothers worked for more than 30 House and Senate Democrats, as well as former Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz, who only fired Imran Awan on Tuesday after his arrest. News of the investigation broke in February, but Schultz kept Awan on staff for five months before firing him. Schultz even threatened Capitol Police Chief Matthew Verderosa about the investigation in May.

DWS worked for the DNC, not Awan. Please don’t deny your DNC and Hillary fantasies down the road.

and Awan worked for her you idiot

[jsteele]

Anonymous wrote:

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No worries, PP. Jeff says it’s all ok

I'm still waiting for Awan to get indicted for Seth Rich's murder and leaking the DNC emails to Wikileaks. You guys keep telling me it's any minute now.

That’s what you changed it into. We just feel Wasserman Schultz, Hillary, and other dDems are crooked

Hillary has nothing to do with this. DWS may well be crooked. That makes her no different than any number of Senators and Representatives of both parties. But, interesting to see you backing away from the initial fantasies of this thread
.

Ah, the ‘both parties’ excuse. All roads lead from DNC to Hillary .

This case has no ties to the DNC. It involves Congress, not the DNC. The connection to Hillary and the DNC is just another fantasy that you will soon deny ever having.

Yes, correct. DWS had nothing to do with the DNC. Ever.

The Awan brothers worked for more than 30 House and Senate Democrats, as well as former Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz, who only fired Imran Awan on Tuesday after his arrest. News of the investigation broke in February, but Schultz kept Awan on staff for five months before firing him. Schultz even threatened Capitol Police Chief Matthew Verderosa about the investigation in May.

DWS worked for the DNC, not Awan. Please don’t deny your DNC and Hillary fantasies down the road.

and Awan worked for her you idiot

He worked for her Congressional office dumbass. They are separate entities.

[Anonymous]

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No worries, PP. Jeff says it’s all ok

I'm still waiting for Awan to get indicted for Seth Rich's murder and leaking the DNC emails to Wikileaks. You guys keep telling me it's any minute now.

That’s what you changed it into. We just feel Wasserman Schultz, Hillary, and other dDems are crooked

Hillary has nothing to do with this. DWS may well be crooked. That makes her no different than any number of Senators and Representatives of both parties. But, interesting to see you backing away from the initial fantasies of this thread
.

Ah, the ‘both parties’ excuse. All roads lead from DNC to Hillary .

This case has no ties to the DNC. It involves Congress, not the DNC. The connection to Hillary and the DNC is just another fantasy that you will soon deny ever having.

Yes, correct. DWS had nothing to do with the DNC. Ever.

The Awan brothers worked for more than 30 House and Senate Democrats, as well as former Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz, who only fired Imran Awan on Tuesday after his arrest. News of the investigation broke in February, but Schultz kept Awan on staff for five months before firing him. Schultz even threatened Capitol Police Chief Matthew Verderosa about the investigation in May.

DWS worked for the DNC, not Awan. Please don’t deny your DNC and Hillary fantasies down the road.

and Awan worked for her you idiot

He worked for her Congressional office dumbass. They are separate entities.

I don’t have a “dog in this fight” (so to speak) and I don’t believe Awan had anything to do with Seth Rice or even Hillary for that matter.
This story intrigues me mainly because of the 1) lack of interest by the main stream press, 2) the reluctance of DWS (and other Dems) to want to get to the bottom of what Awan and associates actually did and the fact that DWS did not fire him when suspicions began to arise, and 3) the amount he and his family members were paid for their “work” I find the questions written by the author in this opinion piece in line with some of the same questions I have:

If this is just a case about alleged financial crime, insurance fraud, no-show jobs, home loan violations, intimidation and the like, then fine. Let justice be done. But given the fact that Awan and his family were at the center of the Democratic IT world, you don’t have to be an Islamophobe or a fake news peddler to have some valid questions.

Don’t Democrats, who were Awan’s potential victims, want to know what happened? Couldn’t Awan be the source of the DNC data breach, either directly, or because someone — even Russians — stole information or passwords from him? Was classified information from the House Intelligence Committee compromised, sent overseas, or shared with a foreign intelligence service or terrorist group? Was Awan colluding with anyone outside his family?

Why wouldn’t Wasserman Shultz, the most prominent victim of the DNC data breach, who lost her high-profile job because of it, want to get to the bottom of this? Why did she keep this sketchy individual on her payroll long after his pattern of suspicious behavior was evident? Why did she threaten unstated “consequences” for not returning a laptop Awan had hidden, instead of encouraging the criminal investigation?

https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2017/08/06/could-former-tech-specialist-linked-dnc-data-breach-james-robbins-column/540641001/

[Anonymous]

There is whole lot more to this story. I hope investigators get to the bottom of it.

The family of Imran Awan, the now-indicted former IT aide to Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz and other Democrats, was previously accused of fraud in Pakistan involving “huge chunks” of land, but the charges were dropped because “Awan’s son had easy access to the corridors of power,” according to a detailed article in a Pakistani newspaper.

Elderly farmers said Imran’s father ripped them off, but local police dropped charges against Imran’s father and targeted his accusers after alleged pressure from Pakistani national-level politicians, the Sept. 3, 2009, article in Dawn reported. The story was headlined, “Influential expat shields father from long arm of law.”

A Democratic IT aide said Imran told him a similar story in a House cafeteria in 2009 and said Imran claimed he persuaded Rahm Emanuel — the Obama White House chief of staff who employed the Awan family during his days as a congressman — to intervene. The Dawn article refers to Imran as a White House employee.

The dropped charges and alleged punishing of victims raise questions about whether congressional employers pulled in favors, and how an IT aide could have such influence. The Awans had access to the emails of 45 members of Congress.

The entire Awan family was on the payroll of House Democrats as IT aides, and most earned as much as chiefs of staffs, taking in more than $5 million in pay. The 45 current members of Congress who employed the crew have refused to criticize him and have not said they’ve done anything to assess the integrity of their data despite a steady stream of suspicious conduct.

http://dailycaller.com/2017/11/14/dem-it-aide-used-political-influence-to-have-fraud-charges-dropped-in-pakistan-paper-says/?utm_source=site-share