{"id":79904,"date":"2017-08-04T13:24:30","date_gmt":"2017-08-04T17:24:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=79904"},"modified":"2017-08-04T13:24:30","modified_gmt":"2017-08-04T17:24:30","slug":"only-rep-debbie-wasserman-schultz-would-ever-give-such-a-disingenuous-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=79904","title":{"rendered":"Only Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz would ever give such a disingenuous interview"},"content":{"rendered":"

Debbie Wasserman Schultz Goes Public On Her Scandal And The Interview Is A Doosie<\/h1>\n

by streiff
\nRedState<\/p>\n

For some months scandal has been swirling about Debbie Wasserman Schultz and her bizarre and inexplicable conduct concerning the activities of \u201cIT staff\u201d hired by a cabal of House Democrats. Her covering for these people extended to openly\u00a0threatening the Capitol Police<\/a>\u00a0because they were investigating the theft of House computers. Despite being banned from having access to House IT equipment and being under investigation for stealing computer equipment, the ringleader, Imran Awan, was only fired last week when he was arrested while trying to flee the country after having wired $283,000 to Pakistan. (Look at the\u00a0links at the bottom of this page<\/a>\u00a0for comprehensive coverage of the scandal.)<\/p>\n

Now, in an interview with the Orlando Sentinel, Wasserman Schultz has\u00a0broken her silence<\/a>. These are the highlights:<\/p>\n

What\u2019s the big deal?<\/p>\n

Wasserman Schultz said there still hasn\u2019t been any evidence presented that he\u2019s done anything wrong involving his work for Congress.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Awan is a victim.<\/p>\n

And, she said, she believes he may have been put under scrutiny because of his religious faith. Awan is Muslim.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

She was concerned about his rights. And did I mention Awan is a victim?<\/p>\n

\u201cI had grave concerns about his due process rights being violated,\u201d she said. \u201cWhen their investigation was reviewed with me, I was presented with no evidence of anything that they were being investigated for. And so that, in me, gave me great concern that his due process rights were being violated. That there were racial and ethnic profiling concerns that I had,\u201d she said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

There is nothing to see here.<\/p>\n

Wasserman Schultz said Awan didn\u2019t have access to any classified information. She and other members of Congress aren\u2019t allowed to store classified information in their offices and on their computers.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

No, really, there is nothing to see. And everybody does it.<\/p>\n

Instead, Wasserman Schultz said, it involved \u201ctransferring data outside the secure network, which I think amounted to use of apps that the House didn\u2019t find compliant with our security requirements.\u201d<\/p>\n

An example, she said, is the storage service Dropbox, which allows people to store documents and other images and share them with others. Wasserman Schultz said she believes other IT employees engage in the same kind of data movement as Awan but aren\u2019t being investigated.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Did I mention that Awan is totally innocent and he\u2019s a victim?<\/p>\n

\u201cThe right-wing media circus fringe has immediately focused not on this run-of-the-mill investigation just reporting the facts, but jumped to outrageous, egregious conclusions that they were trying to, that they have ties to terrorists and that they were stealing data,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

She cited suggestions he was attempting to flee the country and emphasis on his ultimate destination \u2014 Pakistan \u2014 before his arrest on the bank fraud charge. The country is widely known as a battleground for Islamic terrorists.<\/p>\n

She said it\u2019s absurd to conclude he was trying to flee the country. He filed a form to take an unpaid leave of absence and talked to Wasserman Schultz\u2019s staff chief, Tracie Pough, about his departure and return dates.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe is from Pakistan. \u2026 He\u2019s an American, a naturalized American citizen. His children are natural born citizens. His wife is a naturalized American citizen. And I mean when you\u2019re trying to flee, you don\u2019t fill out a form with your employer and go on unpaid leave,\u201d she said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Oh, and has anyone ever mentioned how courageous and noble I am?<\/p>\n

\u201cI believe that I did the right thing, and I would do it again,\u201d Wasserman Schultz said Thursday in an exclusive interview with the Sun Sentinel. \u201cThere are times when you can\u2019t be afraid to stand alone, and you have to stand up for what\u2019s right.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the immortal words of Ron White: I had the right to remain silent, I just did not have the ability.<\/p>\n

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