Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Pakistani IT aide Imran Awan were very close.
Imran Awan worked for Debbie Wasserman Schultz for thirteen years since she came into office in 2004 as a Florida representative.
Three Pakistani brothers who managed the IT affairs for several Democratic government officials were relieved of their duties in February 2017 on suspicion that they accessed specific computer networks without permission, also known as hacking.
Imran Awan, who started working for Wasserman Schultz in 2005, received $164,600 in 2016, with close to $20,000 of that coming from Wasserman Schultz.
His brother Jamal, who started working as a staffer in 2014, was paid $157,350.12 in 2016. Abid, who started working in 2005, was paid $160,943 in 2016.
Imran’s wife, Hina Alvi, who was employed as a staffer since February 2007, was paid 168,300 in 2016. Rao Abbas was paid $85,049 in 2016.
Abid, Imran, and Jamal Awan were barred from computer networks at the House of Representatives in February 2017.
Most of the House Members fired the Awans subsequently.
Only Debbie Wasserman Schultz kept Imran Awan on the payroll up to the day he was arrested for bank crowd after trying to flee the country.
The rest of the family fled to Pakistan along with hundreds of thousands of funds they mysteriously were able to wire.
Democrats were compromised by the Awans and sensitive information may have been leaked to foreign enemies! (Muslim Brotherhood – Yemen Raid with dead soldier for example?) Many of the Democrats have Seats on Committees that handle highly sensitive information.
Awan pretended to be his wife when requesting a loan from the Congressional Federal Credit Union and got it! He had the credit union wire $165,000 to PAKISTAN – no questions asked.
And now we know that Debbie Wasserman Schultz helped Imran Awan in a Pakistani land deal.
We also know that Wasserman Schultz screamed profanities at a House official who was investigating Imran Awan.
Earlier this week the case was postponed for another month.
I wrote last month how the case of former House Dem aide Imran Awan has been hit with repeated delays. Well, prosecutors moved today to delay, yet again, the hearing supposed to take place Thursday. https://t.co/OVM0gW87s0
— Alex Pappas (@AlexPappas) June 5, 2018
Alex Pappas at FOX News reported on the latest delays.
Since November, a judge has postponed Awan’s court hearing in U.S. District Court five times at the request of the prosecution and defense. The latest postponement came Thursday, when the judge pushed Friday’s scheduled hearing to June 7.
In an interview Thursday with Fox News, Awan’s attorney, Christopher J. Gowen, blamed the delays on the steady stream of allegations against Awan that have been published online, especially by The Daily Caller, and pushed by President Trump and Republican members of Congress.
The reports suggest Awan, who worked for former Democratic National Committee chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz and others, could have been involved in a cyber breach operation, something his legal team vigorously denies.
Gowen — who argues his client is a victim of “made up allegations” — said federal prosecutors have repeatedly asked them to provide information in response to these stories. The defense has been cooperative in turning over “evidence, documentation,” Gowen said, but the process has slowed the case.
And now this…
It appears Imran Awan and his wife Alvi struck a plea deal this week.
NEW: It appears ex-Dem IT aide Imran Awan and his wife Hina Alvi have struck a deal with prosecutors: court filing says a plea agreement hearing has been set for July 3.
— Alex Pappas (@AlexPappas) June 5, 2018