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-Lurid Crime Tales-
Congression Committee Looking at Wasserman Schultz Scandal: 'Where's The Investigation?'
[Red State] Late Wednesday a group of Congressmen met to discuss the ever present and under-investigated case of Imran Awan, the House IT staffer and longtime associate of Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz. Awan has been directly connected to a growing number of violations and questionable activities in DC. He is currently in custody and facing bank fraud charges, as just a part of his list of transgressions.
You're right, it's an ageless beauty.
During the current court proceedings it has been revealed Awan’s wife, Hina Alvi has turned on him. The co-defendants have independent legal counsel, as a result of her charging him in Pakistani court with bigamy, and other violent offenses. It is just the latest development in a story that grows in scope and drama ‐ yet provokes limited curiosity with authorities.

Involved in this meeting were Congressmen Louie Gohmert (TX), Jim Jordan (OH), Scott Perry (PA) and Ron DeSantis (FL), and also sitting in was Daily Caller reporter Luke Rosiak, and Tom Fitton, President of Judicial Watch. Hearing the known details and some of the numbers connected to these activities illustrate the range of this scandal.

Awan compiled a group of family members and friends who became IT workers within the House of Representatives. He developed an unusual amount of clout and access, and it has been discovered he spearheaded organized graft from this position. The story first broke in February when numerous computers and other tech devices were discovered stolen from nearly two dozen house members. Most of Awan’s ring were relieved of their duties, save for himself as he was brought onto Debbie Wasserman Schultz’s staff as an adviser. Since then a widening list of violations has been compiled against the group.
Posted by: Besoeker || 10/14/2017 06:44 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  He developed an unusual amount of clout and access

Commonly referred to in intelligence circles as 'placement and access.'

Don't ask any questions, just bring the "Cone of Silence" to the committee room.
Posted by: Besoeker || 10/14/2017 7:05 Comments || Top||

#2  One more time, with feeling!

I'm tired an Awan a go home...
Posted by: M. Murcek || 10/14/2017 10:31 Comments || Top||

#3  Awan’s wife, Hina Alvi has turned on him

Key takeaway: If you're going to commit a crime, commit it by yourself.
Posted by: Matt || 10/14/2017 10:44 Comments || Top||

#4  "Cone of Silence" I always wanted one of those...
Posted by: Tennessee || 10/14/2017 10:54 Comments || Top||

#5  Awan’s wife, Hina Alvi has turned on him

Key takeaway: If you're going to commit a crime, commit it by yourself.


She's probably been talking to the FBI and/or Klingons for years. BTW, has anyone seen Tamerlan Tsarnaev's wife, Katherine Russell lately, or is she involved in one of those NASA colonization projects ?
Posted by: Besoeker || 10/14/2017 11:50 Comments || Top||

#6  Involved? Given NASA's mission statement she's probably been put in charge
Posted by: Rex Mundi || 10/14/2017 15:26 Comments || Top||


-Short Attention Span Theater-
Hillary Clinton reportedly considering professor role at Columbia University
So many possibilities...
Sadly, a bit premature for obits.
[FoxNews] Hillary Clinton could be headed to Columbia University.

The former secretary of state and first lady is reportedly in talks with the Ivy League school to both take on a formal role with the university and to keep her archives there, according to the New York Daily News.

"It's all fluid. It could be a number of things. No decisions have been made, but there are talks," a source familiar with the 2016 presidential candidate told The News.

"She's trying to figure out what she wants to do. It could end up with the papers at one place and she has some sort of faculty role at another. She hasn't quite come to a decision," the source continued.

Clinton could potentially be deemed a "University Professor" at the famed New York institution, a position that would permit her to lecture in multiple departments and schools but without a specific course restriction, a source told The News.

Clinton's daughter, Chelsea, is an adjunct assistant professor at Columbia's Mailman School of Public Health. And her old boss, former President Barack Obama, received his bachelor's degree from the university in 1983.

A timeline on Clinton's potential decision to teach at the school wasn't immediately clear. She's currently on a book tour promoting her tome about the 2016 presidential election, "What Happened."

"I don't think it will be two years from now. She gave birth to this book last month. She's trying to get through that. But it will be a short time table," a source told The News.

A request for comment from Columbia was not immediately returned.
What would she be teaching?
What went wrong, perhaps.
Posted by: Seeking cure for ignorance || 10/14/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  This makes sense. Her safe space. Who would dare argue or challenge her. While you are here you are to learn and accept my teachings. When you graduate you can do and say as you please but here the real world is as I instruct. I have seen people failed for contrary opinions.
Posted by: Dale || 10/14/2017 1:00 Comments || Top||

#2 

Based on the deficit, I reckon it will just be more socialist, liberal indoctrination.
Posted by: Hupeting Sforza8196 || 10/14/2017 2:22 Comments || Top||

#3  I predict Ethics. Also nice digs in the city well away from Bill and the Energizer.
Posted by: Fairbanks || 10/14/2017 2:27 Comments || Top||

#4  ...And it will be a sold-out class every time she teaches - which won't be all that often.

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski || 10/14/2017 6:55 Comments || Top||

#5  Searching for the Soetoro transcripts? Disgusting visual, but I recommend pantyhose hidey places.
Posted by: Besoeker || 10/14/2017 6:59 Comments || Top||

#6  She just discovered she's part Cherokee?
Posted by: Frank G || 10/14/2017 8:14 Comments || Top||

#7  Teaching Coat-tail Riding and Poor-Losing.
Posted by: Bobby || 10/14/2017 10:32 Comments || Top||

#8  B-School. "How to Get a 1000% Return on Your Money in Only Eight Months Trading Cattle Futures"
Posted by: Matt || 10/14/2017 10:40 Comments || Top||

#9  seeing as she could not teach a dung beetle to roll shit, this is a nice fit!
Posted by: newc || 10/14/2017 13:03 Comments || Top||

#10  I'd like to show up for one of her classes just to find out how fast I could get kicked out.
Posted by: Raj || 10/14/2017 16:11 Comments || Top||

#11  Who gets to die so there can be a vacancy?
Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839 || 10/14/2017 19:30 Comments || Top||

#12  Following the Bill Ayers tradition.
Posted by: Glenmore || 10/14/2017 21:13 Comments || Top||


-Land of the Free
Former Congressional Staffer Pleads Guilty to Extensive Fraud and Money Laundering Scheme
Posted by: Bright Pebbles || 10/14/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Not Imran, somebody else.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 10/14/2017 3:28 Comments || Top||

#2  Posey served as director of special projects and treasurer of the congressional campaign committee for former U.S. Congressman Stephen E. Stockman, 60, of the Houston, Texas area, from January 2013 to November 2013. Posey admitted that, at Stockman’s direction, he and another congressional staffer, illegally funneled $15,000 of charitable proceeds into Stockman’s campaign bank account and caused the campaign to file reports with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) that falsely stated that the money was a contribution from their parents and from the staffers themselves.

[also]... falsely stated that the donor’s $350,000 donation had been used to support a charitable endeavor, when in fact the funds were actually used for other purposes, including Stockman’s campaigns for public office.

Posey also admitted that he and Stockman raised $450,571.65 to support Stockman’s 2014 Senate campaign by falsely representing to a donor that the funds would be used to support a legitimate independent advocacy group Posey created.


I didn't see the party affiliation at the link, so I assumed Stockman was a (D), but Wikipedia says he's a (R).
Posted by: Bobby || 10/14/2017 10:38 Comments || Top||

#3  Bobby
I like to post dog bites man stories.
Posted by: Bright Pebbles || 10/14/2017 12:40 Comments || Top||


Home Front: Politix
FBI ‘Finds' New Documents About Clinton-Lynch Tarmac Meeting
[DailyCaller] The FBI has found 30 pages of documents related to the June 2016 airport tarmac meeting between Bill Clinton and then-Attorney General Loretta Lynch, even after the bureau claimed to not have any records related to the matter.

FBI lawyers revealed the existence of the records in response to a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit filed by Judicial Watch, the conservative watchdog group.

The FBI had informed Judicial Watch last October that the bureau did not have any records related to the June 27, 2016 meeting between Clinton and Lynch. That encounter, which occurred on the tarmac at Phoenix’s airport, was significant because it took place while the Justice Department was investigating Hillary Clinton’s potential mishandling of classified information on her private email account.

Though the FBI told Judicial Watch that it did not have records related to the meeting, the Justice Department revealed in response to a separate lawsuit filed by the watchdog that some of its officials had been in contact with FBI officials about the Clinton-Lynch encounter.

In August, the Justice Department released emails showing some of its officials exchanging emails with the FBI regarding the meeting. And in a July 1, 2016, email, Justice Department official Caroline Pokomy told colleagues that "FBI is asking for guidance" on the controversy.

After the release of those documents, the FBI acknowledged that it had possession of some records related to the meeting. The bureau’s attorneys informed Judicial Watch that, "Upon further review, we subsequently determined potentially responsive documents may exist."

It is unclear what documents about the tarmac meeting the FBI has in its possession, but Judicial Watch president Tom Fitton calls the FBI’s new disclosure "stunning."

"The FBI is out of control," Fitton said in a statement.
Continues...
Posted by: Vast Right Wing Conspiracy || 10/14/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Somebody kept notes about grandchildren and golf?
Posted by: gorb || 10/14/2017 1:37 Comments || Top||

#2  Amen. Start by removing the corrosive top layer
Posted by: Frank G || 10/14/2017 8:15 Comments || Top||

#3  I take it FOD (Foreign Objects and Debris) on the tarmac has already been discounted.
Posted by: Besoeker || 10/14/2017 8:36 Comments || Top||

#4  Housecleaning required.
Posted by: Pappy || 10/14/2017 11:38 Comments || Top||

#5  Somebody wasn't fast enough with the shredder?
Posted by: james || 10/14/2017 12:45 Comments || Top||



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  Iraqi forces move to begin operations against Kurds
Fri 2017-10-13
  Iraq PM Denies Attack Plan as Tensions Rise with Kurds
Thu 2017-10-12
  British jihadi Sally Jones killed by US drone strike fleeing ISIS hell
Wed 2017-10-11
  Bangladesh arrests top leaders of Jamaat-e-Islami
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  Nusra Front, Islamic State clash in Syria's Hama province
Mon 2017-10-09
  Syrian rebels capture ISIS HQ in Deir Ezzor
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  Two Saudi guards killed in attack on royal palace in Jeddah
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  Driver 'deliberately mows down pedestrians' outside London Museum
Fri 2017-10-06
  Iraqi premier claims victory against Islamic State in Hawija
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  3 Special Forces Troops Killed and 2 Are Wounded in an Ambush in Niger
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  Daesh defense line collapses in Hawijah as Iraqi forces liberate more villages
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