We've written frequently over the past couple of months about the litany of unanswered questions surrounding the mysterious case of Debbie Wasserman Schultz's (DWS) IT staffers. Why did DWS seemingly threaten the chief of the U.S. Capitol Police with “consequences” for holding equipment that was confiscated as part of an ongoing legal investigation? Why did DWS keep Awan on her taxpayer funded payroll all the way up until the day he was arrested by the FBI at Dulles airport while trying to flee the country to Pakistan? What, if anything, does the Awan family know about the DNC hacks that may have caused DWS to act in this way?
Now, Andrew McCarthy III, the former assistant U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York who led the prosecution against Sheikh Omar Abdel Rahman and eleven others for the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, says there is "something very strange" about the recent indictment filed against Imran Awan and his wife Hina Alvi in the District of Columbia.
In a National Review article, McCarthy points out that it's not what's in the indictment that is necessarily surprising but rather what is seemingly intentionally omitted. For instance, McCarthy points out that "the indictment appears to go out of its way not to mention" that Imran was apprehended while in the process of fleeing the country, a fact that would seem to be the best evidence available to prove the fraud charges.
Let’s say you’re a prosecutor in Washington. You are investigating a husband and wife, naturalized Americans, who you believe have scammed a federal credit union out of nearly $300,000. You catch them in several false statements about their qualifications for a credit line and their intended use of the money. The strongest part of your case, though, involves the schemers’ transferring the loot to their native Pakistan.
So . . . what’s the best evidence you could possibly have, the slam-dunk proof that their goal was to steal the money and never look back? That’s easy: One after the other, the wife and husband pulled up stakes and tried to high-tail it to Pakistan after they’d wired the funds there — the wife successfully fleeing, the husband nabbed as he was about to board his flight.
Well, here’s a peculiar thing about the Justice Department’s indictment of Imran Awan and Hina Alvi, the alleged fraudster couple who doubled as IT wizzes for Debbie Wasserman Schultz and many other congressional Democrats: There’s not a word in it about flight to Pakistan. The indictment undertakes to describe in detail four counts of bank-fraud conspiracy, false statements on credit applications, and unlawful monetary transactions, yet leaves out the most damning evidence of guilt.
In fact, the indictment appears to go out of its way not to mention it.
Why would prosecutors leave that out of their indictment? Why give Awan’s defense a basis to claim that, since the indictment does not allege anything about flight to Pakistan, the court should bar any mention of it during the trial? In fact, quite apart from the manifest case-related reasons to plead instances of flight, a competent prosecutor would have included them in the indictment simply to underscore that Awan is a flight risk who should have onerous bail conditions or even be detained pretrial.
Then there is the case of Imran's wife, Hina Alvi. When she fled the country back in March she was detained by U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents with over $12,000 cash in her luggage, technically a crime by itself if not properly disclosed, but was allowed by the FBI to leave the country despite having been under investigation for months.
We must also ask, again: Why did the FBI allow Alvi to flee? Before she boarded her March 5 flight to Qatar (en route to Pakistan), agents briefly detained her. U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents had already searched her baggage and found $12,400 in cash. As I have pointed out, it is a felony to move more than $10,000 in U.S. currency out of the country unless one completes the required government report (see sections 5316 and 5322 of Title 31, U.S. Code). There was no indication that she did so in the complaint affidavit submitted to the court when Awan was arrested last month (see FBI complaint affidavit, pages 8–9).
By the time Alvi fled, the Awans had been under investigation by various federal agencies for at least three months. The FBI was sufficiently attuned to the Awans’ criminality that its agents went to the trouble of chasing Alvi to the airport. If she didn’t fill out the required form, she should have been arrested for the currency violation. Is it possible that, rather than arresting her, federal agents instructed her to complete the form on the spot? One would hope not, but even in such an unlikely event, Alvi would undoubtedly have made false statements about the provenance of the cash. That would also have been a felony, providing more grounds for her arrest. Why let her go, especially when, as its agent told the court in the aforementioned affidavit, the FBI “does not believe that ALVI has any intention to return to the United States”?
And then there is just the continued secrecy surrounding the case. Why did the U.S. Attorney's office decide against filing a press release in a case that has garnered significant national attention? Why was the case filed in a district where DWS's brother has been an assistant U.S. attorney for many years?
To begin with, it is not the easiest thing to get one’s hands on the indictment. The case is being handled by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia. There is no press release about the indictment on the office’s website, though U.S. attorneys’ offices routinely issue press releases and make charging documents available in cases of far less national prominence. (I found the indictment through the Orlando Sentinel, which obtained and posted it in conjunction with the paper’s report on the filing of charges.)
By the way, the U.S. attorney’s office is currently led by Channing D. Phillips, an Obama holdover who was never confirmed. Still awaiting Senate confirmation is Jessie Liu, nominated by President Trump in June. Meanwhile, Steven Wasserman, Representative Wasserman Schultz’s brother, has been an assistant U.S. attorney in the office for many years. I have seen no indication that he has any formal role in the case, notwithstanding some cyberspace speculation to the contrary. What is clear, however, is that the office is low-keying the Awan prosecution.
The indictment itself is drawn very narrowly. All four charges flow from a financial-fraud conspiracy of short duration. Only Imran Awan and his wife are named as defendants. There is no reference to Awan-family perfidy in connection with the House communications system.
Of course, we're sure it's probably nothing but at least one former U.S. Attorney says "there is something very strange going on here."
The full Grand Jury indictment can be viewed here:
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Things are always strange the moment before you suicide yourself with a howitzer of bullets to the back of your head in the middle of the desert.
This one's a no-brainer. They're trying to get Awan charged and convicted on some minor charges unrelated to his espionage crimes (gotta keep that shit out of open court) and then get him into prison where he can be shanked, safely away from the Pakistani ISI protection he almost certainly enjoys as a free man. Dead men tell no tales.
all good points. however, awan can be gotten to. he has family. i don't think awan will be a target. some intermediary people in DWS office staff, on the other hand, would not be safe in witness protection.
The lesser charges (if one can say that) is so he can be plea'd down. "They" do not want him in prison. He has a "get out of jail free" card. As hard as it is to believe, the guy will walk.
Someone should start a petition on the White House website and then get the word out to all friends and family and ZH to sign the petition to have this looked into.
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"The indictment appears to go out of its way not to mention it."
Surprise, surprise.
How many beers before you would do DWS?
More than would fill Lake Superior
she makes this look good https://vimeo.com/230286195 nasty itch grudge fugg
enough that I wouldnt be able to get it up, one way or another
I would prefer to die from alcohol poisoning.
I'd overdose on Viagra before I'd ever get an erection.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oShTJ90fC34
If you mean throw the switch, inject the needle, release the gas, pull the trigger or pull the lever, I'd be happy to do it ocmpletely sober. Although it would be more entertaining to just lock her in a cell with Awan without food or water. Then come back two months later and strangle the surviver.
THEY..want to make sure the investigation is totally BOTCHED so THEY can continue to hide thier crimes.
Nice list, but really that's just a short list of what THEY have done.
Depends on how you define "they". We only know two things for sure: (1) the Awan Family is a valuable asset to the ISI (and their terrorist allies), and (2) Imran Awan is a disposable pawn who has no remaining utility to the Deep State/CIA/Obama/Clinton Crime Family--in fact, if he turns states evidence, he coud really fuck things up badly for them. Right now it looks like the Deep State is running this little charade, which is bad for Imran, and worse for America. There's probably a lot of loyal Americans in the FBI, but it sure doesn't look like any of them are handling the Awan case.
What a fucking clown world.
If Awan flees, by removing his ankle bracelet, he can just do so. Nobody would know who he is.
THERE ARE NO PICS OR MUG SHOTS. NONE
Troy, all due respect, I've seen dozens of Imran Awan photos since he's been arrested. No mug shots .. you got me there
I agree with you, Buck. These charges are petty-ass bullshit. Looks like multiple charges for lying on a bank loan form. Oh, Heavens to Linda Green!! If there's one thing we won't tolerate in these here U-nited States of America, it's fudging on a loan form!! And they even paid back a lot of the HELOC money with money they took out of their 401k or whatever the hell it was.
They lied on a loan form to get a loan their credit union would not have given them had they told the truth. Their credit union would probably have referred them to another lender. What they were trying to do is in no way unlawful. That they lied on the form was, of course. But the point is, nowhere in these counts did they steal anything from anyone nor was anyone deprived of anything. They fibbed on a loan form. Which you shouldn't do. It's against the law and it's wrong. It's usually grounds for canceling out the loan on the spot, mostly.
So this is obviously to hold them while they're investigated for other stuff. Or there's some kind of behind-the-scenes shenanigans going on.
"So this is obviously to hold them while they're investigated for other stuff. Or there's some kind of behind-the-scenes shenanigans going on."
Wrong on the first part, right on the sheanigans part.
I expect you're right, but to Buck's point, we only know a very few things for sure in this case. That's what's so weird about it. I know what everyone suspects, of course. The question I have is, can people who are capable of such penny-ante stumblefuckery also be masterminds of a massive, devious, covert scheme at the highest levels of power in the US? That's what makes this compelling.
Is Steve Wasserman (her brother) still the prosecutor overseeing the case?
The fix was in before he was charged
is Debbie's Brother at the DoJ in charge of the Case or in the next office down the hall?
Folks who point out conflicts of interest in this case are anti-semitic
Can we all agree to the following
DWS or Killary articles-- no pictures
Sweden/Scandinavian articles -- pictures of blondes
I'll meet you half way.
Endless pictures of gorgeous blonds with every article.
With quality pictures that prove they are natural blondes.
Yeah no kidding. If you have to include pictures of scary looking she-things like that, please keep them at thumb-nail size.
Hopefully Barney Fife Sessions will intercede once he gets all the dime bags of weed off the street corner.
Shameless thread jump here...but another blow to dumb bell Sessions who praised the prosecution in this farce.
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Recall the kangaroo judge navarro said in this case that there was no such thing as self defense against the government.
Nigels baaaaaack.
Sorry, I just can't resist. Here's Sessions the feckless swamp creature on the trial:
and he actually said that with a straight face?
That's the only thing the second amendment was about! Fucking retarded judges; or, less incompetently, bought judges who should be hung for treason.
This is a pretty big deal, the prosecution and judge pulled out all the stops with the fraud on this one and the jurors had none of it. Defendants being dragged out of there...essentially gagged, and it got no coverage whatsoever.
What else is fucking new? Let's all have a banana in honor of our republic.
This bullshit is a thousand times worse than Watergate.
WTF has happened to law enforcement in this country?
The Eff Bee Eye is probably....no, definitely getting blitzed by calls...no, hold up...no calls or emails on this one. The Eye is getting inundated with visits from Congress Critters and or their personal representatives, to bury this fucking shit! Add or substitute the State's Attorney.
How many sleazeball Demonrat Congress Critters were utilizing this bunch? What..was it like 20 or 30!!!
How this motherfucker even made it in front of the Grand Jury is the big story here. Somebody is getting a new asshole.
It's obvious they pulled up on the reins, after they realized how bad they fucked 10% of the sitting Congress!!! Haha!!
Oh, yeah....Nothing. Will. Come. Of . This. .....Ever.
So, Mzzz.Wassername-Shitz, what it the serial number on that laptop you threatened the Capitol Police over and why does it not show up in the doctore...errr, ummm, official government property record?
You did keep the receipt you were given when you signed for it, didn't you? ;-)
Michael John Marando Awan's Attorney Is Married To Joanna Wasserman? Lots of people with the name Wasserman around Awan.
These fuckers are going to skate.
I think Burnie supporters should set up a go-fund-me account for poor ole Deb, the long knives are out...and thirsty ;-)
I hope something comes of this aside from him being acquitted and running for office. If the life of Hillary has proved one thing, shitbags who do the bidding for the CIA get lots...lots of fucking passes.
This issue is the reason the Democrat Party wants war....war anywhere to distract the people from their treason and malfeasance.
Even more than Bernie Sanders vote and funds theft-this is the paramount reason for a body trail the last 18 months leading right into the death of a US Attorney
This is the reason Vlad Putin suddenly appear onstage in 2010 as a "world-class statesman" while the US looks as though we can't find our our ass with a flashlight and two hands for the next 6 years. He's reading emails and has the data before it hits the President's desk in the Oval Office. And, oh, BTW another reason to have a war before he lets the cat out of the bag to the rest of the world.
All of these reasons are the reason the DC establishment-many of which have been earning good tax free cash off facilitating/ignoring these operations for the last 6 years want Trump gone-as of yesterday.
SOP for commies, start getting close to the source of graft & outright thievery and a wall of absolute BS gets thrown up. The entire NE is "a wall of blue" wealthy elitist pricks and they know it, so, obviously the thing to do is suppress free speech, peaceful assembly, tear down works of art & rename parks!...lol.
Fucking faggots, you can't kill an idea, its bullet proof.
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Now, none of you probably know this because the Alinsky Nuuuz has done such a marvelous job of throwing century old dead mens statues under the bus...but...Christopher Steele & Buzzfeed (of the peeing Russian prostitute "dossier" and former "intelligence officer" who knows wtf he & they are talking about) are being sued in the United States & the UK for defamation.
Open up your checkbook Soros ;-)
Downvoted you for the skew to Putin. Otherwise, your premise is spot on (imo)
I would think it was more our 'friends' in the ME that were reading the emails. But HEY! maybe it's the scotch
Sadly, nmewn, the fraud charges are going to entirely dictate the narrative & obscure the truth.
I wonder how many more millions Imwar has been promised to take the fall on these grossly reduced charges?
Much bigger fish to fry than a Paki engaged in theft & fraud and a whore named Medusa.
Much bigger ;-)
far far far more than "20-30" -if George Webb is right, the number of "compromised" blackberries is 120-150.
And "compromised" means a hell of a lot more in this instance than merely "hacked" . It means the active user was a "player"