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Wasserman Schultz’s “Islamophobia” claim leads Marine to go public on Muslim IT staffers

Aug 25, 2017 11:35 am By Robert Spencer

“’It pisses me off,’ said Taggart, a black Marine who says he votes Democrat. He believes Wasserman Schultz is crying wolf and devaluing the meaning of genuine discrimination, while also exposing herself and the nation to risks.

Yes, that sums it up.

“EXCLUSIVE: Wasserman Schultz’ ‘Islamophobia’ Claim Prompts Angered Marine To Go Public On Awans,” by Luke Rosiak, Daily Caller, August 24, 2017:

A Marine who provided key evidence in the FBI case against Democratic Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz’s former IT employee said he is appalled by her claim that Islamophobia led U.S. Capitol Police to frame the former staffer.

Also Wednesday, two of Imran Awan’s relatives went on the record to say they think he would do anything for money.

Andre Taggart alerted the FBI to damaged hard drives and a cache of electronics tied to Imran Awan, a former IT specialist for dozens of House Democrats. Awan is the central figure in a criminal investigation of suspected procurement fraud and violations of the congressional IT network, including diverting data to an off-site server.

Taggart told The Daily Caller News Foundation’s Investigative Group Wednesday that “it was amazing” that Wasserman Schultz, a Florida Democrat, describes Imran as a victim of religious discrimination by law enforcement. Taggart rented the Northern Virginia home of Awan, who had frantically moved out after learning authorities were onto him.

“It pisses me off,” said Taggart, a black Marine who says he votes Democrat. He believes Wasserman Schultz is crying wolf and devaluing the meaning of genuine discrimination, while also exposing herself and the nation to risks.

Wasserman Schultz claimed Imran Awan is being “persecuted” by the Capitol Police and FBI after she was told that he is suspected of “data transfer violations,” even as she lamented the seriousness of the hacking of the Democratic National Committee. Wasserman Schultz was chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee when its IT network was hacked in 2016.

“I just want to get these [guys] locked up and exposed and now,” Taggart told TheDCNF. “The people who facilitated them should also be locked up, as far as I’m concerned.”

TheDCNF cited Taggart without naming him in a July report that the FBI had seized the hard drives and electronics. Imran attempted the next day to board a flight to Pakistan, but was arrested by the FBI at Dulles International Airport.

Taggart said he made the decision to no longer be anonymous because he is concerned that his fellow Democrats are making a grave mistake by ignoring a scandal with serious criminal and national security implications.

“I’m absolutely disgusted with everything going on in the country right now, mostly because of right-wing conservatives, but with respect to this situation, political affiliation is irrelevant,” Taggart said.

Imran Awan and his wife, Hina Alvi, were indicted Aug. 17, 2017, on four charges related to sending money to Pakistan fraudulently in an apparent attempt to escape from a broader, ongoing investigation into cybersecurity and theft issues.

“Him, his wife, his brother, all working down there — there’s no way they could do this without help. If we can drag Trump and his wingnuts through the mud for the Russia influence that they are having, then it’s only fair that we also expose this s–t,” Taggart said….

Wasserman Schultz has rejected concerns about Imran as “absurd” and “laughable,” even though he had access to all of her congressional emails and files, as well as her iPad password, is suspected by police of cybersecurity violations, and had long been accused of defrauding people for financial gain.

Also on Wednesday, an Awan relative, Syed Ahmed, told The Daily Mail that “for the sake of money they would have done anything… [Imran] might have been selling this information.”…

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  1. stan lee says

    Aug 25, 2017 at 11:56 am

    Imran Awan’s relatives know his motivations well. And, he discovered Wasserman-Schultz was
    driven by the same motivations as he is. Except, she has been willing to do her dirty work for her Democrat Party, Hillary Clinton, and her Foundation. It is obvious that Wasserman-Schultz has never
    been concerned with the Oath she gave to abide by the Constitution and the laws of United States.
    “Draining the Swamp” of U.S. politics demands justice for the American people!
    Wasserman-Schultz, Hillary Clinton, Awan, and their associates must be brought to justice.

    • Gae says

      Aug 26, 2017 at 3:20 pm

      American Jews are suckers for nice words and had bought the taqiyya and kimtasn-Isalmic strategy of lying and concealing, in which B. Hussein Obama was a grand master and Clintons close second. American Jews are too lazy to read Koran, Hadith and Sira-life of Mohamed to find out that Muslims are taught to hate Jews because Mohamed envied and hated Jews, and in 627 AD tricked Jews of Median into treaty, only to caught them disarmed and behead 900 Jewish men, looting their property and taking Jewish women and children into slavery, which is widely practiced among Muslims even today….as is beheading,

      Most Muslims sided with Nazis in WWII but Americans do not learn history and thus are apparently planning to repeat it. especially Jews…who should KNOW better. Any “deal” with Muslims is not worth the paper on which is printed as such deals are just like Mohamed “deal” with Jews of Medina in 627 AD.

      Obama should be tried for treason as there is enough evidence to convict him and his Muslim Brotherhood and deep state supporters, such as this dumb Jewish women who cavorts with Muslims who hate the Jews.

  2. mariam rove says

    Aug 25, 2017 at 12:32 pm

    About time a patriotic American regardless of his political affiliation is coming forward. Kudos to him! M

    • gravenimage says

      Aug 25, 2017 at 8:45 pm

      Hear, hear!

    • MacUalraig says

      Aug 26, 2017 at 3:20 pm

      Indeed. The Marine takes his job to safeguard the Constitution seriously.

  3. underbed cat says

    Aug 25, 2017 at 1:01 pm

    At the same time the Awan had brothers,(obama staffing) also working as IT specialists’, were they or other clever guys working with the Navy on navigation on ships…..I truly think these multiple “accidents” were attacks on American ships navigation computers, this might unravel more than just poor training.
    This is all too coordinated and a General gets the blame after military diversity shows cracks, when he is not allowed to consider this issue.

    • paul says

      Aug 26, 2017 at 9:07 am

      I suspect mohammed the Asian…

  4. Shmooviyet says

    Aug 25, 2017 at 2:47 pm

    Disagree with his assertion that everything going on is due “mostly because of right-wing conservatives” and Trump’s wingnuts; but he should be applauded for speaking out against Wasserman-Schultz’s desperate, limp claim of ‘fearing bigotry’ against the Awans.
    Charlottesville & the statue whoop-dee-do took light off this scandal; it was just what corrupt pols needed. Unfortunately CNN, etc. will continue wailing about monuments, street names, and Trump’s well-hidden racism making him unfit for office.

    • somehistory says

      Aug 25, 2017 at 4:15 pm

      An Idaho Senator said it’s possible that o and soros were behind the antifa and other thugs showing up in VA to cause trouble. It certainly caused a distraction for the media to forget wassermanshultz and her moslum friends.

  5. SB says

    Aug 25, 2017 at 3:08 pm

    Isn’t it interesting how Hillary Clinton’s name does not come up concerning Wasserman Schultz?

    • paul says

      Aug 26, 2017 at 9:08 am

      want to have an “accident?”

      • paul says

        Aug 26, 2017 at 9:09 am

        Neither do they…. This is the biggest crime family in the US>>>

  6. Andy says

    Aug 25, 2017 at 3:57 pm

    The world in polka dot rainbow glasses for the leftist nut jobs going further down the rabbit hole and wanting to take the western world down with them:

  7. Irene Brekelmans says

    Aug 25, 2017 at 6:22 pm

    That is the sad part, the leftists are taking us down with them,but they don’t think about it twice.
    Really people who love their country/fellow men.Your solution is every time to come out with candles, flowers and teddybears to support family members. It is getting old, that one and it is late already.

    • Andy says

      Aug 25, 2017 at 10:24 pm

      Now the leftist nutjobs are calling Dolly Parton a racist. As the great Dr. Michael Savage has said Liberalism is a MENTAL DISORDER!

      • Andy says

        Aug 25, 2017 at 11:53 pm

        Fierce Little Dolly Parton Brings HELL On Racist Woman Who Tried To Destroy Her ‘Dixie Stampede’

      • paul says

        Aug 26, 2017 at 9:14 am

        President Ronald Reagan said, “If fascism ever comes to America, it will come in the name of liberalism.”

        Like Wasserman Schlitz does.\
        \
        http://www.snopes.com/ronald-reagan-fascism-liberalism/

  8. Karen says

    Aug 25, 2017 at 6:34 pm

    “Wasserman Schultz has rejected concerns about Imran as “absurd” and “laughable,” ”

    No, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, I think you need to start looking in the mirror.

    Kudos to Mr. Taggart for his courage, and for keeping priorities straight; the country comes before politics, and he made a good decision.

  9. Georg says

    Aug 25, 2017 at 7:53 pm

    Yes… nothing screams persecution like an investigation of “data transfer violations”. This woman is quite obviously mentally ill. Awan, as unscrupulous as he is is likely very intelligent and capitalized upon her… fatal error, shall we call it.

    • Karen says

      Aug 25, 2017 at 10:21 pm

      LOL! It does seem like there’s a lot of mental illness going around these days. In her case, I think it’s legit.

  10. gravenimage says

    Aug 25, 2017 at 8:06 pm

    Wasserman Schultz’s “Islamophobia” claim leads Marine to go public on Muslim IT staffers
    ……………………..

    Good for Andre Taggart.

    • Karen says

      Aug 25, 2017 at 10:19 pm

      Amen!

  11. Scott says

    Aug 25, 2017 at 9:59 pm

    Has ANYONE NOT PUT 2 & 2 together here?
    Where do we think the DNC “hacks” came from? It was an inside job by
    DNC Debbie’s IT crew. Good Grief!

    • Oliver says

      Aug 26, 2017 at 8:35 am

      Scott.

      I agree the DNC hacking was probably an inside job.

      I don’t think that it was done by these people.

      I think by Sanders supporters.

      I think these Pakistanis stole intelligence and military data

  12. clement snide says

    Aug 26, 2017 at 12:51 am

    I cannot understand why the DNC/Ratface hired these people in the first place. Unbelievable that not one US citizen had the requisite skills to do the required IT maintenance. And lets be brutally frank, the technical expertise needed to maintain printers, servers. allocated pc’s and laptops is not anything
    special. So what did Wasserman -Schultz know about this family? And ffs …Pakistan? That country is one of the US mortal enemies.

    • paul says

      Aug 26, 2017 at 9:17 am

      The head of the DNC, Perez has the filthiest mouth on the planet, and the second in command is sharia pushing Mohammed Kieth Ellison of Minnesota..

      If you say something, you are a racist… Watch these slime balls, I say

  13. Fred says

    Aug 26, 2017 at 5:46 am

    Don’t forget, all these wackos are all party to the over throw of the USA, they will say and do anything that is completely outrageous to get them the lime light.

    Dolly did what many people need to do…hit back hard and let these people know we are not taking there crap any longer. Many let things slide during Obama’s eight years, but now they have figured out that the Left is really out to destroy American and we are just not going to take it any longer.

  14. Baucent says

    Aug 26, 2017 at 7:17 am

    There is something deeply suspicious with Wasserman- Schultz’s constant defending of the Khan family. I wonder what Khan knows and who he really is working for?

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