Other House Democrats had started dumping Awan around the same time, but Wasserman Schultz stuck with him, despite his reported banning from the House IT network over the investigation.Ĥ. Rosiak described the move as inexplicable. The Daily Caller News Foundation’s Luke Rosiak, who has been spearheading this story since February, reported in May about Wasserman Schultz’s appearing to threaten Capitol Police Chief Matthew Verderosa with “consequences” if he did not return a laptop Awan owned that his officers had seized. Wasserman Schultz has “inexplicably protected” Awan for months: Awan was still employed by Wasserman Schultz’s office until he was arrested Tuesday night:Īccording to Fox News reporter Chad Pergram, the former DNC head’s office only terminated him after authorities moved in for the arrest as Awan tried to make his way out of the country via Dulles International Airport despite his being publicly under investigation for what appear to be embezzlement and fraud allegations:įox is told that Hse IT staffer Imran Awan is still on Hse payroll for moment under Wasserman Schultz.ģ.

Estimates are that Awan and his family received more than $4 million from House Democrats since 2009.Ģ. Awan’s time with Wasserman Schultz included her entire tenure as chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee. UPI reports more than 24 different Democratic House offices used Awan’s services.

Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) and other top congressional Democrats since 2004: Some of the most important facts about this developing and potentially massive story:ġ.

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