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| Why is the Democrats' bizarre IT scandal being ignored? |
| 2018-06-20 |
| [FOX] While the focus in Washington, D.C. remains centered on the Mueller Russia probe, we cannot lose sight of another ongoing investigation on Capitol Hill. At the center of this developing scandal are the nefarious actions of a former Democratic congressional IT aide indicted last year on bank fraud charges, who at the time was being paid by a high-profile member of Congress although he was barred from the House computer systems. While the case has not received a lot of mainstream media attention, the details are sordid. Not only does the case raise serious national security and obstruction of justice concerns, it also suggests a blatant cover-up on the part of the lawmakers involved. Our story begins in the early 2000s when an IT contractor named Imran Awan began doing work for a number of House Members. He was later joined in this work by seven other family members who had almost little or no computer technology expertise, including his wife and two brothers. One of Awan’s brothers at 20 years old was earning the same amount as a member of Congress. After being fired from one office for “incompetence” the other congressional offices continued to pay him. |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #6 It's a given there is a whole raft of "stupid constituent" jokes floating around Wash DC, well known to journalist insiders who would never expose any of it. This case falls under the rubric of "Never burn a useful operative while there are bourgeoise rubes to ass-rape." |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2018-06-20 08:48 |
| #5 This story never was going anywhere. The MSM "has their.... orders." Yes, same orders for American born citizen Anwar al-Awlaki and his email pal Nidal Hasan, events at Benghazi, Platte River Networks, wife of Tamerlan Tsarnaev, etc. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2018-06-20 07:04 |
| #4 David Burge @iowahawkblog "Journalism is about covering important stories. With a pillow, until they stop moving." |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2018-06-20 06:57 |
| #3 With the onerous Donna Brazile now sitting on the panel of 'The Five' I'm not sure how much longer I'm going to follow anything FOX puts out. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2018-06-20 06:57 |
| #2 Why is the Democrats' bizarre IT scandal being ignored? Rhetorical question, right? |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2018-06-20 06:53 |
| #1 The new dangerous normal. "Normal is relative. What is normal for the spider is chaos for the fly." Morticia Addams |
| Posted by: Eohippus Sproing7694 2018-06-20 05:49 |