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Wasserman Schultz Threatened Police Chief For Gathering Evidence On Her IT Staffer’s Alleged Crimes
2017-05-25
[DAILYCALLER] Rep. Debbie Wasserman-Schultz
...Congresswoman from Florida, the abrasive chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee. She has been a politician since 1992, and prior to that was in training as a political science major. Her primary accomplishment seems to be that she's Jewish...
threatened the chief of the U.S. Capitol Police with "consequences" for holding equipment that she says belongs to her in order to build a criminal case against a Pak staffer suspected of massive cybersecurity breaches involving funneling sensitive congressional data offsite.

The Florida politician used her position on the committee that sets the police force’s budget to press its chief to relinquish the piece of evidence Thursday, in what could be considered using her authority to attempt to interfere with a criminal investigation.

The Capitol Police and outside agencies are pursuing Imran Awan,
...the Pakistani-American who, along with his brothers Abid and Jamal and his wife Hina Alvi, engaged in a number of lucrative and not-quite-legal activities with very questionable personages in addition to providing inferior IT tech support to a number of Democratic Congresspeople until someone noticed exactly how not-legal those activities were. Hina Alvi was recently discovered to have hied herself home to the protections of her wealthy and influential family back in the old country...
who has run technology for the Florida politician since 2005 and was banned from the House network in February on suspicion of data breaches and theft.

"My understanding is the the Capitol Police is not able to confiscate Members’ equipment when the Member is not under investigation," Wasserman Schultz said in the annual police budget hearing of the House Committee On Appropriations’ Legislative Branch Subcommittee.

"We can’t return the equipment," Police Chief Matthew R. Verderosa told the Florida Democrat.

"I think you’re violating the rules when you conduct your business that way and you should expect that there will be consequences," Wasserman Schultz said.
What is she afraid will be found?
Posted by:Fred

#10  I wonder how much it costs to have an American passport made in Pakistan.
Posted by: james   2017-05-25 22:12  

#9  The Capitol Police don't have a significant IT forensic capability, its either the Metro DC Police of the FBI to provide that. And why would you caution a suspect about obstruction when they are a person of interest in a bigger investigation?
Posted by: NoMoreBS   2017-05-25 14:40  

#8  If she's making threats to obstruct the investigation, she's guilty of obstruction and complicit in any crimes on it. The chief should have told her that she's not a suspect in the investigation.
Posted by: Silentbrick   2017-05-25 14:21  

#7  So if they find anything incriminating in it - they can arrest her right?
..
Posted by: CrazyFool   2017-05-25 08:55  

#6  What is she afraid will be found?

How about: "Imran, can't you do something about this leaker Seth Rich?"
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2017-05-25 06:28  

#5  ".the Pakistani-American "
The pakistani with an American passport.
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2017-05-25 04:57  

#4  "We can’t return the equipment," Police Chief Matthew R. Verderosa told the Florida Democrat.

Part of a larger investigation involving the recent murder of a DNC staffer ?
Posted by: Besoeker   2017-05-25 04:51  

#3  Perhaps Police Chief Matthew R. Verderosa would be better suited in an administrative position with the Arkansas Highway Patrol.
Posted by: Besoeker   2017-05-25 03:01  

#2  Isn't there a "cruel and unusual" aspect to that, just saying.
Posted by: Steven   2017-05-25 02:58  

#1  I think Debbie would make a wonderful cell mate for Hillary.
Posted by: Menhadden Pheatle3794   2017-05-25 02:21  

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