{"id":100018,"date":"2018-06-12T19:18:46","date_gmt":"2018-06-12T23:18:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=100018"},"modified":"2018-06-12T21:23:04","modified_gmt":"2018-06-13T01:23:04","slug":"indicted-pakistani-imran-awan-now-working-for-clinton-connected-law-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=100018","title":{"rendered":"BOMBSHELL: Indicted Pakistani Imran Awan Now Working For Clinton-connected Law Office"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Why Does Imran Awan Work At His Clinton-Linked Attorney&#8217;s Law Firm?<\/h1>\n<p><!--more-->ZeroHedge.com<\/p>\n<p>A stunning video by investigative journalist Jason Goodman of\u00a0<em>Crowdsource the Truth<\/em>\u00a0reveals that Pakistani IT worker Imran Awan is reportedly answering phones at the office of his attorney, Chris Gowen.<\/p>\n<p>Gowen notably\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2017\/07\/26\/imran-awans-lawyer-is-long-time-clinton-associate\/\">worked for both Bill and Hillary Clinton<\/a>\u00a0in various capacities.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/2017.07.26%20-%20Gowen_0_0.JPG?itok=YscAY-pO\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/2017.07.26%20-%20Gowen_0_0.JPG?itok=YscAY-pO\" data-link-option=\"0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/2017.07.26%20-%20Gowen_0_0.JPG\" srcset=\"\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/2017.07.26%20-%20Gowen_0_0.JPG?itok=YscAY-pO 1x\" alt=\"\" width=\"258\" height=\"241\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"f54e526b-ec3c-41ab-b0e4-a745f6137470\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2017.07.26-Gowen_0_0.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-100019\" src=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2017.07.26-Gowen_0_0.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"374\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2017.07.26-Gowen_0_0.jpg 400w, https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2017.07.26-Gowen_0_0-300x281.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Gowen is a founding partner of Gowen, Rhoades, Winograd and Silva law firm, with offices in Washington, D.C., and Philadelphia, Penn.<\/p>\n<p>His official bio on the firm\u2019s web site notes that he \u201c<strong>left the Public Defender\u2019s office to work for former President William Jefferson Clinton and then-Senator Hillary Clinton<\/strong>. Chris was a fact checker for President Clinton\u2019s memoir, \u2018My Life.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<strong>He also served as a traveling aid for President Clinton\u2019s national and international trips<\/strong>. Chris finished his tenure with the Clintons by\u00a0<strong>directing the advance operations for then-Senator Hillary Clinton during her 2008 presidential campaign<\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Conservative Review \u2014 which first reported Gowen\u2019s extensive Clinton connections Wednesday \u2014 said they\u00a0<strong>also include work for the Clinton Foundation and its Clinton Global Initiative and the Clinton Health Access Initiative<\/strong>. &#8211;<a href=\"http:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2017\/07\/26\/imran-awans-lawyer-is-long-time-clinton-associate\/\">Daily Caller<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>In the video<\/strong>, Goodman can be seen visiting the law offices of Awan&#8217;s attorney, where he asks to speak with the former House IT staffer. After his request was denied, Goodman asks: &#8220;<strong>Is Imran here?<\/strong>&#8220;, to which the employee replies &#8220;<strong>Uh, he is, why?<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Goodman responds &#8220;&#8216;<strong>Cause it sounds like he&#8217;s answering your phones<\/strong>,&#8221; which drew the retort &#8220;<strong>What&#8217;s your point?<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Is he working for you?&#8221; asks Goodman, to which the employee whispers back &#8220;Go away.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Watch:<\/p>\n<div class=\"max-width-video-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"fluid-width-video-wrapper\"><iframe id=\"fitvid614502\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tx-jK8xH-WU?start=100\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Awan and several family members\u00a0worked for Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz along with 20% of House Democrats as IT staffers\u00a0who held &#8211;\u00a0as the House Inspector General called it &#8211; the &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2018\/04\/16\/congress-failed-supervise-it-threats\/\"><strong>keys to the kingdom<\/strong><\/a>,&#8221; when it came to accessing confidential information on Congressional computer systems.\u00a0He is currently on trial on allegations of bank fraud unrelated to his work in Congress, while potential crimes committed go unprosecuted.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/awans_4.jpg?itok=_j2varSs\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/awans_4.jpg?itok=_j2varSs\" data-link-option=\"0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/awans_4.jpg\" srcset=\"\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/awans_4.jpg?itok=_j2varSs 1x\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"330\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"610fc257-2362-467a-be08-6278aef6532f\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Awan was arrested one day after\u00a0reports emerged that the FBI had seized a number of &#8220;smashed hard drives&#8221; and other computer equipment from the residence Imran Awan, the IT aide of Debbie Wasserman-Schultz, we learn that Awan has been captured at the Dulles airport while attempted to flee the country. While charged with bank fraud,\u00a0<strong>there is ample evidence that the Awans were spying on members of Congress<\/strong>\u00a0through their access to highly-sensitive information on computers, servers and other electronic devices belonging to members of Congress.<\/p>\n<p>After months of delays Imran Awan and his wife Hina Alvi, appear to be about to slide right out of a D.C. courtroom with a plea deal in their bank fraud case &#8211; while a litany of far more serious\u00a0allegations documented by the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/dailycaller.com\/author\/Luke%20Rosiak\"><em>Daily Caller<\/em>&#8216;s Luke Rosiak<\/a>\u00a0remain unprosecuted.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cAwan and his wife, Hina Alvi, were charged last summer with bank fraud. They now appear poised to strike a plea deal with the Department of Justice.\u00a0<strong>A plea agreement hearing is set for July 3 before U.S. District Judge Tanya S. Chutkan in Washington,\u201d &#8211;<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/2018\/06\/06\/ex-dem-it-aide-imran-awan-poised-for-plea-deal-after-months-mysterious-delays.html\">Fox News<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>President Trump wasn&#8217;t too pleased with the rumored plea deal:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Our Justice Department must not let Awan &amp; Debbie Wasserman Schultz off the hook. The Democrat I.T. scandal is a key to much of the corruption we see today. They want to make a \u201cplea deal\u201d to hide what is on their Server. Where is Server? Really bad!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/1004726490058182656?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 7, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, as we\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2018-06-07\/trump-blasts-awan-plea-deal-says-democrat-it-scandal-key-corruption-brings-stolen\">noted last week<\/a>, the judge in the Awan case, Tanya Chutkan, was appointed to the D.C. US District Court\u00a0by President Obama on June 5, 2014,\u00a0<strong>after Chutkan had contributed to him for years<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-100021\" src=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/zHZokzQkbdSpTti-1600x900-noPad_0_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/zHZokzQkbdSpTti-1600x900-noPad_0_1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/zHZokzQkbdSpTti-1600x900-noPad_0_1-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/chutkan1_0_0.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-100020\" src=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/chutkan1_0_0.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"261\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/chutkan1_0_0.jpg 500w, https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/chutkan1_0_0-300x157.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a> Prior to her appointment to the District Court, she was a partner at law firm Boies Schiller &amp; Flexner (BSF) where\u00a0<u><strong>she represented scandal-plagued\u00a0biotechnology company\u00a0Theranos<\/strong><\/u>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<strong>which hired\u00a0Fusion GPS to threaten the news media<\/strong>. Because of this,\u00a0<strong>Chutkan\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2017\/12\/12\/federal-judge-recuses-herself-from-a-second-fusion-gps-case\/\">had to recuse herself from two cases<\/a>\u00a0involving Fusion GPS<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"SandboxRoot env-bp-350\" data-twitter-event-id=\"0\">\n<div id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"EmbeddedTweet EmbeddedTweet--edge js-clickToOpenTarget tweet-InformationCircle-widgetParent\" lang=\"en\" data-click-to-open-target=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/1004726490058182656\" data-iframe-title=\"Twitter Tweet\" data-dt-full=\"%{hours12}:%{minutes} %{amPm} - %{day} %{month} %{year}\" data-dt-explicit-timestamp=\"10:07 AM - Jun 7, 2018\" data-dt-months=\"Jan|Feb|Mar|Apr|May|Jun|Jul|Aug|Sep|Oct|Nov|Dec\" data-dt-am=\"AM\" data-dt-pm=\"PM\" data-dt-now=\"now\" data-dt-s=\"s\" data-dt-m=\"m\" data-dt-h=\"h\" data-dt-second=\"second\" data-dt-seconds=\"seconds\" data-dt-minute=\"minute\" data-dt-minutes=\"minutes\" data-dt-hour=\"hour\" data-dt-hours=\"hours\" data-dt-abbr=\"%{number}%{symbol}\" data-dt-short=\"%{day} %{month}\" data-dt-long=\"%{day} %{month} %{year}\" data-scribe=\"page:tweet\" data-twitter-event-id=\"1\">\n<div class=\"EmbeddedTweet-tweet\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>So we&#8217;ve got Imran Awan working for his Clinton-linked attorney, appearing in for his fraud trial in front of an Obama-appointed Judge\u00a0&#8211; perhaps\u00a0about to receive a plea arrangement &#8211; while\u00a0a litany of allegations against the Awans\u00a0<strong>including\u00a0high level espionage\u00a0<\/strong>remain uninvestigated.<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2018-06-11\/why-does-imran-awan-work-his-clinton-linked-attorneys-law-firm\">http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2018-06-11\/why-does-imran-awan-work-his-clinton-linked-attorneys-law-firm<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why Does Imran Awan Work At His Clinton-Linked Attorney&#8217;s Law Firm?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-100018","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100018","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=100018"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100018\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=100018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=100018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=100018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}