Massive transfers of money to Pakistan. A kidnapping threat. And more. But the establishment media is silent about this case, because Debbie Wasserman Schultz is a Democrat, and Imran Awan is a Muslim.
“Two Former Wasserman Schultz IT Aides Indicted For Conspiracy Against U.S.,” by Luke Rosiak, Daily Caller, August 17, 2017:
A federal grand jury Thursday indicted two former information technology (IT) aides of Democratic Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz — Pakistani-born Imran Awan and his wife Hina Alvi — on four counts of conspiracy in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.
The FBI arrested Awan at Dulles International Airport July 24 as he was preparing to board a flight to Pakistan. When his wife Alvi left the U.S. for Pakistan in March, federal authorities found more than $12,000 in cash hidden in a suitcase. She had withdrawn the couple’s three children from local schools and does not intend to return to the U.S., according to the FBI.
“Defendants AWAN and ALVI did unlawfully, willfully, and knowingly conspire, combine, confederate, and agree with each other to commit offenses against the United States,” including bank fraud, false statements, and unlawful monetary transactions, the indictment said.
An arraignment date has not yet been set, and a spokesman for the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia did not immediately respond to The Daily Caller News Foundation Investigative Group’s question about when Hina Alvi would become a fugitive if she does not return to the U.S. voluntarily, or whether officials would seek to extradite her from Pakistan.
In addition to lying on multiple mortgage disclosures, as an affidavit alleged at the time of Imran’s arrest, the indictment claims Hina lied by claiming medical hardship in order to withdraw hundreds of thousands of dollars from a retirement program.
The Awans, three of their relatives and a close friend are the targets of an FBI and U.S. Capitol Police criminal investigation into allegations they committed congressional cybersecurity violations and large-scale theft of congressional property in a scheme that may have begun more than a decade ago.
The crew worked as shared IT aides for dozens of House Democrats, including many who were members of the intelligence, foreign affairs and homeland security committees. Most of the Democrats fired them when the Capitol Police investigation became public in February, and their access to the congressional IT system was terminated.
However, Wasserman Schultz kept Alvi on her payroll until March and Awan until the day after his arrest. Authorities arrested Awan on the bank fraud charges in order to take his passport and prevent his leaving the U.S. as the investigation into their Capitol Hill activities continues.
Awan retained Chris Gowen, a longtime aide to former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, to represent him shortly after his arrest. Gowen has claimed in media interviews that Alvi left the country with the children only because of lost jobs and the high cost of living in the nation’s capitol. Gowen told the Associated Press that the family lives “in squalor” in Pakistan.
Gowen also told The New York Times that the Awans wired series of large sums of U.S. dollars to Pakistan as part of a long-time plan to buy property there. The couple had a combined income of $360,000 a year and owned four properties in the Washington, D.C. area, public records show.
In January, Imran — while impersonating his wife, according to the FBI — wired $283,000 from the Wright Patman Congressional Federal Credit Union.
“The wire transfer specialist asked AWAN for the reason for the wire transfer, and AWAN stated that it was for ‘funeral arrangements,’” the arrest indictment said. “The wire transfer specialist questioned whether ‘funeral arrangements’ was a sufficient reason for such a large transfer. AWAN then changed his reason to ‘purchasing property.’ The wire transfer specialist then initiated the $283,000 wire from the United States to two individuals in Faisalabad, Pakistan.”
Even after Awan’s arrest in July, it is possible more money flowed to Pakistan. On Aug. 3, he sold a home for $617,000, according to public records. Gowen declined to say if the proceeds were wired to Pakistan.
Politico reported that the Awan couple has a “friendly personal relationship” with Wasserman Schultz, who is a Florida Democrat, and former chairman of the Democratic National Committee (DNC). They are also reportedly close to another Democrat, Rep. Gregory Meeks of New York.
Wasserman Schultz resigned from the DNC in July 2016 when Wikileaks released hacked committee emails. She has defended keeping Awan on her payroll even after she was aware he was suspected of, as she described it, “data transfer violations.” She claimed she had “racial and ethnic profiling concerns” and “would do it [keep Awan] again.”
In addition to allegations of fraud and the criminal investigation, other family members have been accused of fraud and worse by Muslim acquaintances and relatives in civil court.
Awan is currently involved in a civil case against his stepmother, Samina Gilani. Awan wanted his stepmother to sign a power of attorney document giving him access to money in Pakistan that was stored in his recently-deceased father’s name. Their stepmother has become homeless while the children — with a combined income of hundreds of thousands per year — are fighting her over a $50,000 life insurance policy.
She claims that Awan used his IT skills to wiretap her and his government connections to intimidate her. Gilani also said Awan told her he had the power to have people kidnapped.
Imran Awan’s brothers Jamal and Abid also were on the House payroll at chief-of-staff level salaries, and Jamal filed a death certificate for his father that falsely said he was divorced. Abid changed the beneficiary of their father’s life insurance policy from the wife to himself after his death, Gilani’s lawyer said….
Benedict says
” ……conspiracy in the U.S. …….” –
Here we see again the ominous collaboration of progressives and Islam. We need to understand, that it is the calling and mission of the progressive, bulldozing Left to prepare the way for Islam, and that: “we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.”
Pablito says
Amen.
Pablito says
Amen.
Robeaver says
Is that what Islam says? Didn’t know that. Thought it was the right retard nazis.. ..
RonaldB says
Are the late-night comedians saying anything about the Awan crime family? If they aren’t, this is proof of their heartfelt dedication and sincerity. You would have to be a triple-brain-dead zombie to not be able to make jokes about Alvi living in squalor in Pakistan and Watterman-Schlitz religious bigotry defense for opening her access to secrets to a con-man grifter after he was exposed.
Of course, it could with justification, be argued there are really no secrets anymore, since the deep state intelligence operatives appear to see damaging Trump as being a higher priority than keeping secret information secret. I guess the corollary to that is, no prosecution of espionage will be successful, unless it involves a Trump campaign official letting the Russian ambassador know that the sun is shining outside.
Did I hear interesting tidbits about Awan’s wife being released to fly to Pakistan with a wad of cash in her undies on the instruction of high FBI officials under Comey? Or perhaps, the official giving clearance to Alvi’s vacation flight wasn’t under Comey. We can ask Alvi when she returns to the US.
Is SNL doing a sketch on the Awan brothers and their relation with the perspicacious Watterman-Schlitz? They can tell their writers to take the week off; the dialog writes itself literally off the news stories. I know they have legitimate reasons for not using this particular news narrative (involving advertisers and sponsors holding a gun to their heads, and I don’t mean figuratively) but if I were a comedy writer, I wouldn’t be able to think of anything else. My work would suffer. It would be like a gourmet chef having to fix hot dogs in a fine Parisian restaurant.
I could go on and on. Like I say, the comedy literally writes itself with the poodle-headed (inside and out) Schlitz and her merry band of brown-skinned, religiously-persecuted real-estate investors.
Gary says
Wait?! She left America because “of the high cost of living in the nations capital” Yet they owned four properties in the Washington D.C. area?!
I smell Clinton Cash.
underbed cat says
Properties seized? Clinton cash is also like Obama cash access? Lots of money influence floating around a commission check from China for our technology….china had advances from their electronics dominance. That money could have been spread around(north korea, Iran, etc……just when you think the world is safer…you realize there are major problems giving away advances and knowledge, with the hope is does not come back to bite you…us. It truly makes me wonder. Well at least they caught the brothers.
Carolyne says
I smell Clinton.
Georg says
Waiting for an apology from those who called us “Islamophobes” for considering the obvious.
Twohawk says
Don’t you know it will be a cold day in hell when they do. I won’t be here.
Keys says
Since these Pakis worked for Debbie W-S, and had obvious access to the DNC data base, maybe they are the ones who “broke in” and sold that info for $$$$ ?
ElderlyZionist says
Although their financial frauds are bringing indictments, I suspect that the Awans and their associates may also have been acting as agents for the Muslim Brotherhood, infiltrating the communication network of the Democratic Party, senior Democratic leaders, and the US Congress, with a wink and a nod from the Obama Administration. I wonder whether this case is a factor in President Trump’s alleged threat to cut off military aid to Pakistan? Time will tell.
RonaldB says
Strictly speaking, the Muslim Brotherhood does not have a presence in Pakistan, so it’s more than likely the Awans were acting as agents for Pakistan intelligence. And such lovely assets they were: not only money and access to Democratic power, but open access to all Democratic electronic storage: any pesky security measures could be easily handled by genuine Pakistani IT hackers.
I infer from the fact the Awans were absconding to Pakistan, that they maintained good relations with Pakistani intelligence, and didn’t succumb to the always-present temptation to free-lance espionage assets to broaden their markets. But then again, Pakistani intelligence is a quite harsh environment to play games with.
But, it’s pretty funny that the interests of the entire Democratic establishment now lies in covering up the Awan-Democratic connection entirely, and in dismissing the charges of fraud, money-laundering, coercion, real-estate fraud, and theft as small peccadilloes that would never even have been given a second glance were it not for the brown skin and exotic religion of the merry Awan band.
Georg says
Poor lil’ brown guys din’do’nuffin’. White man’s pick’n’on’em. Welcome to the Democratic party where race is everything and everything else is nothing.
Robeaver says
Yes, a factor. About. 000001%. It is quite the haul. Comy gave them the money. Or was it the left? Maybe Pence tried to convert them with dollars.? Did the Pope help as well?
somehistory says
Unless she is completely clueless…as she is about so many things having to do with truth and life…wassermanshultz should be arrested for conspiracy.
She had to know what they were up to. She defended them, citing “profiling” as a *reason* for continuing to pay the criminal a salary even after he was found out. Using taxpayer money to pay a known criminal and calling it right because he was *profiled*…as in, he’s moslum, she was committing crimes.
IQ al Rassooli says
Since every Muslim is Sharia compliant (London mayor Khan is a prime example who made Haj to Mecca and hence Sharia compliant as well as Linda Sarsour who LOVES Sharia) every Muslim cannot ever be a Law abiding LOYAL citizen in ANY non Muslim nation because these nations do not submit to Allah’s Sharia. Hence every Muslim is the mortal and eternal enemy of every non Muslim Infidel/ Kafir on planet Earth (80% of current humanity) who hide their disloyalty by PRETENDING and deceiving (Taqiyyah) non Muslims that they are loyal (such as mayor Khan and the Muslims in congress)
Let me put it in an even shorter way: Muslims cannot possibly be BOTH Good Muslims and Loyal citizens among Kuffar/Infidels
Every Muslim is hence a potential Mass Murderer the instant he/ she decides that he/she is NOT Sharia compliant enough (just like in the recent Muslim terrorist attacks in UK and the Afghani Muslim soldiers who murder their American benefactors)
Although it is true that Not ALL Muslims are Terrorists BUT 100% of all Terrorist attacks against Infidels/ Kuffar are committed ONLY by Muslims. Therefore, every Muslim is a hair trigger Time Bomb primed to go off (It is also a FACT that it is IMPOSSIBLE to point out who among Muslims is a terrorist or not)
Only in the WARPED imagination of leftists can one find Moderate, Militant, Radical or Extremist Muslims because in reality Muslims are Muslims just as Nazis are Nazis and no one ever addressed Nazis as Moderate, Militant, Radical or Extremist. (Just ask PM Erdogan of Turkey to prove my statements)
All other explanations are superfluous and redundant It is time for every decent and patriotic person to unshackle yourselves from the pre conceived but erroneous notion that ANYONE who is not a Muslim can make PEACE with Islam.
All anyone in doubt has to do is READ only chapters 2 to 9 of Muhammad’s Quran and watch the repeated mass slaughter of unarmed innocent European, American, Russian, Indian, Chinese, Iraqi etc. civilians by Muslims proclaiming they are doing the butchery to PLEASE their demonic god Allah
As usual, all that Americans and Europeans get from their criminally negligent leaders after every Islamic mass murder are platitudes, meaningless expressions of sympathy to the hapless victims by the very leaders who are unwilling to protect their citizenry because of their abject denial of all Facts and Reality regarding the TRUTH
Debbie Wasserman Schultz like almost ALL Democrats are totally clueless and criminally negligent regarding Muslims and Islam still believing the egregious lies that Islam means PEACE and that Allah is the same as the God of the Bible.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTuFA1fQ-yg&feature=youtu.be&a
IQ al Rassooli
Kafir & Proud!
Georg says
The photo is reminiscent of Merkel with her new buddies. Heart-warming. But people like we who “may have hatred in [our] hearts” just have to go and ruin it, eh.
Guy Forester says
A little late in the indictment and arrest process, don’t ya think? Only greed and clumsiness got the last one stuck in the US while the rest made it out with the moolah. The three stooges and Keystone Cops are running US security. Delay and delay more to give some degree of separation and an excuse about how we did not know.
moeped says
I recall hearing that dws might be under investigation as well. Apparently payments like these often end up back in the coffers of the fraudster. IE they pay with taxpayer money then a portion of that money is donated back. Obviously those people are jihadis but both parties apparently benefitted from the deal with the devil (between devils really).
Phil Copson says
“…..Awan retained Chris Gowen, a longtime aide to …Bill Clinton and… Hillary Clinton to represent him….. Gowen has claimed…. that Alvi left the country… because of lost jobs and the high cost of living…. the family lives “in squalor” in Pakistan.
… the Awans wired series of large sums to Pakistan…. to buy property there. The couple had a combined income of $360,000…and owned four properties in the Washington, D.C. area….”
Just how many lies can one man tell ? Alvi left for Pakistan in March and was on Wasserman-Schulz’s pay-roll during March – no lost job there. They appear to have sent back in excess of a million dollars to Pakistan, yet we are supposed to believe that they live in squalor ? Even if they do – what of it ? It is completely irrelevant to the question as to whether she was stealing information or not.
The sheer fact that they are retaining one of the Clintons henchmen to represent them tells you everything you need to know about their levels of probity and greed.
Baucent says
It wouldn’t surprise me, if in time we find out Imran Awan was an agent of the Pakistani secret service.
Bezelel says
I’ve been following this guy who is incredibly intense with the anwar family, this is going to be a hairy deal and it can’t hit the fan soon enough.
https://www.youtube.com/user/georgwebb
snowtravel says
Robert, I’ve been reading your blog for years and much of what you say appears valuable and interesting.
You write: “[t]he establishment media is silent about [the Wasserman Schultz] case, because Debbie Wasserman Schultz is a Democrat.”
I’ve seen many, many stories about this. After reading your post here I googled it and got 688k hits, see https://www.google.com/search?q=wasserman+schultz+it+aides
This, in your view, means silence?
Robert Spencer says
Yes. Scan through the results. The vast majority are from Daily Caller, Washington Times, Fox, etc. Where is the New York Times? Washington Post? Etc.
snowtravel says
Thanks for the reply. The NYT published the entire indictment https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/07/28/us/document-Imran-Awan-Complaint-and-Affidavit.html, and WP covered it here: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/08/08/the-story-of-debbie-wasserman-schultz-and-an-it-staffer-thats-lighting-up-the-right/.
(None of this equates with establishment media silence, but it’s not worth arguing.)
Carolyne says
Actually, the only place I have seen anything about this story of sedition is here on Jihad Watch. There might have been a mention of it on FOX, maybe on Hannity, but it is not an important story to the MSM and as usual, they are covering for the Democrats. Debbie Wasserman-Schultz is their poster girl.
Last week there was a story that Wasserman-Schultz had been indicted by a Grand Jury, but that was quickly made to expire.