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Wasserman Schultz Staffer Arrested for Bank Fraud Tries to Flee

<p class&equals;"MsoNormal" style&equals;"text-align&colon; left&semi;" align&equals;"center">A House IT staff member&comma; connected to the Clinton camp&comma; has been charged with bank fraud&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"MsoNormal">The former aide&comma; who had worked for the former DNC chairwoman&comma; Debbie Wasserman Schultz &lpar;Fla&period;&rpar; and many other House Democrats&comma; was arrested while attempting to try to leave the country&period; &nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"MsoNormal"><em style&equals;"mso-bidi-font-style&colon; normal&semi;">Fox News<&sol;em> reported that officers from the FBI&comma; U&period;S&period; Capitol Police&comma; and Customs and Border Protection assisted in the arrest of Imran Awan at the Dulles airport in Virginia&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"MsoNormal">Awan had already appeared in court in D&period;C&period;&comma; when he pled not guilty earlier this week to one count of bank fraud&period; He was released&comma; but was given a GPS monitor and a strict curfew&period; He also wasn&rsquo&semi;t permitted to travel&period; &nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"MsoNormal">&ldquo&semi;Law enforcement authorities for months have been looking into how Awan may have double-billed the House for equipment like computers&comma; iPads&comma; monitors&comma; keyboards and routers&period; Several relatives of Awan worked for House Democrats and were fired months ago&period; Awan&comma; however&comma; was kept on staff by Rep&period; Debbie Wasserman Schultz&comma; D-Fla&period;&comma; even though he was no longer allowed access to the House server network&comma;&rdquo&semi; writes <em style&equals;"mso-bidi-font-style&colon; normal&semi;">Fox News&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"MsoNormal">Then on Tuesday&comma; a Wasserman Schultz spokesperson &ldquo&semi;said&rdquo&semi; he was fired&period; &nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"MsoNormal">&&num;8220&semi;Mr&period; Awan previously served as a part-time employee but his services have been terminated&period; No charges&comma; evidence or findings from the investigation have been formally shared with our office&comma; so we cannot comment on them&comma;&rdquo&semi; said David Damron&comma; a Wasserman Schultz&&num;8217&semi; spokesman&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"MsoNormal">Awan was in an &ldquo&semi;advisory&rdquo&semi; role where he provided &ldquo&semi;advice on technology issues&rdquo&semi; according to Dameron&period; &nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"MsoNormal">&ldquo&semi;In March&comma; a group of House Democrats fired Awan and one other staffer&nbsp&semi;over their alleged involvement in the scheme and the looming criminal investigation&period; However&comma; Fox News reported Tuesday that Wasserman Schultz still has Awan on her staff&&num;8217&semi;s payroll despite him being barred from&nbsp&semi;accessing the House&&num;8217&semi;s computer system since February&comma;&rdquo&semi; writes <em style&equals;"mso-bidi-font-style&colon; normal&semi;">The Hill&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"MsoNormal">Awan was attempting to travel to Doha&comma; Qatar and then Lahore&comma; Pakistan and then &ldquo&semi;return&rdquo&semi; in early January&period; &nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"MsoNormal">A few Democrats have come forward to defend Awan in regards to the recent firing from House Democrats&period; <span style&equals;"mso-spacerun&colon; yes&semi;">&nbsp&semi;<&sol;span>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"MsoNormal">&ldquo&semi;As of right now&comma; I don&rsquo&semi;t see a smoking gun&comma;&rdquo&semi; said Rep&period; Gregory Meeks &lpar;D-N&period;Y&period;&rpar; to <em style&equals;"mso-bidi-font-style&colon; normal&semi;">Politico<&sol;em> back in March&period; &ldquo&semi;I have seen no evidence that they were doing anything that was nefarious&period;&rdquo&semi;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"MsoNormal">&ldquo&semi;He needs to have a hearing&period; Due process is very simple&period; You don&rsquo&semi;t fire someone until you talk to them&comma;&rdquo&semi; said Marcia&nbsp&semi;Fudge &lpar;D-Ohio&period;&rpar;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"MsoNormal">Wasserman Schultz has also shown to be uncooperative with authorities as of late&period; She has been negotiating with Capitol Police for her laptop back and won&rsquo&semi;t let the USCP look at her computer&period; She has also threatened consequences if the computer isn&rsquo&semi;t returned promptly&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"MsoNormal"><strong>Author&rsquo&semi;s note&colon;<&sol;strong> People don&rsquo&semi;t run unless they have something to hide&period; Wasserman Schultz has been exposed as a bias corrupt Clinton aide and the members of her team most likely did her dirty work&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"MsoNormal">Editor&&num;8217&semi;s note&colon; Wasserman Schultz shows her incompetence and gullibility&comma; seemingly over and over again&period; &nbsp&semi;It&&num;8217&semi;s a bit funny that later reports say she &&num;8220&semi;fired&&num;8221&semi; him&period; Really&quest; &nbsp&semi;You go girl&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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