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-Lurid Crime Tales-

Awan Asks Judge To Remove GPS, Citing Possible Emergency With Kids In Pakistan

2017-09-02

[Daily Caller] A former House of Representatives IT aide was arraigned in federal court Friday on four felony fraud charges, appearing with three attorneys including Chris Gowen, a former close aide to Hillary and Bill Clinton.

Gowen asked that Imran Awan’s GPS monitoring bracelet be removed, citing that Imran might need to attend to an emergency with his children. In a press conference outside court, Gowen admitted that the children are in Pakistan and refused to explain the discrepancy.

"His ability to parent, which may well be single parenting, if there is an emergency..." Gowen said.

He also asked for other restrictions on his movement to be lifted, saying he has been driving for Uber, but the company had no record of any driver matching several variations of Imran’s name.

Golly, how is an off-the-books Uber driver able to afford three lawyers, at least one of whom appears to be seriously not inexpensive?

Prosecutor Michael Marando opposed the motions, saying Imran is a severe flight risk. "From Day 1 there was a pattern of flight. It began September 2016... a pattern of transfers to Pakistan, hundreds of thousands of dollars," he said. The judge has not ruled on the motion.

Posted by:Besoeker

#6 Golly, how is an off-the-books Uber driver able to afford three lawyers

Members of Congress, especially Democratic ones, need rides. Traffic on the Beltway and to Virginia is horrible. Then there's the execrable Metro system and the lousy taxis.

What's a Democratic servant-of-the-citizens to do?

Posted by: Pappy 2017-09-02 13:41

#5 The judge hasn't ruled on the motion? What's the problem? Sounds like a no brainer to me. Not just no, hell not.

Posted by: Abu Uluque 2017-09-02 12:15

#4 Thanks for the link John. Yes, and in other news - Trump administration leaks appear to be tapering off somewhat.... or so I've recently read.

Posted by: Besoeker 2017-09-02 09:07

#3 Yeah, Besoeker, I think you are right; they take off the GPS and the guy is in the wind to Pakiland. Imran Awan says and does many things--most are shady. The Daily Caller has a good summary of his known activities. Here. It doesn't read as if he is a contender for father of the year this year.

Posted by: JohnQC 2017-09-02 08:57

#2 He doesn't need to drive for Uber if he's supported by taxpayers in jail. Bail revoked.

Posted by: Rob Crawford 2017-09-02 06:42

#1 He'll be back in Pakistan very soon as planned. This case is going nowhere.

Posted by: Besoeker 2017-09-02 02:44

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