{"id":80642,"date":"2017-08-09T10:06:16","date_gmt":"2017-08-09T14:06:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=80642"},"modified":"2017-08-09T10:06:16","modified_gmt":"2017-08-09T14:06:16","slug":"senate-judiciary-committee-requests-immigration-files-on-pakistani-it-staffers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=80642","title":{"rendered":"Senate Judiciary Committee Requests Immigration Files on Pakistani IT Staffers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more-->Cristina Laila<br \/>\nGateway Pundit<\/p>\n<p><strong>Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman, Chuck Grassley (R-IA) requested copies of immigration files for the 6 Pakistani IT staffers who stole equipment from Congress and accessed computers unauthorized.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>What exactly was the immigration status for these 6 Pakistani IT staffers? Did they receive special treatment from Obama\u2019s cronies?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-284412\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn.thegatewaypundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/grassley-iowa.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 605px) 100vw, 605px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/cdn.thegatewaypundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/grassley-iowa.jpg 605w, http:\/\/cdn.thegatewaypundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/grassley-iowa-300x163.jpg 300w, http:\/\/cdn.thegatewaypundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/grassley-iowa-370x201.jpg 370w\" alt=\"\" width=\"605\" height=\"328\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2017\/08\/08\/grassley-seeks-immigration-files-for-pakistani-suspects-in-house-it-probe\/?utm_campaign=atdailycaller&amp;utm_source=Twitter&amp;utm_medium=Social\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Daily Caller<\/a>\u00a0reports:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley has requested copies of immigration files for the six Pakistani suspects in the House IT scandal, who allegedly stole equipment from Congress and accessed computers without permission.<\/p>\n<p>Grassley is seeking more information on Imran Awan, his wife, his two brothers and two of his close friends in connection to the scandal. Capitol police have accused Awan and his associates of violating congressional security policies and stealing equipment from Congress. Awan is from Pakistan, and was arrested by the FBI in July as he boarded a flight to the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn light of the alleged illegal activity, the committee seeks to better understand Awan and his associates\u2019 immigration histories,\u201d Grassley said\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.judiciary.senate.gov\/imo\/media\/doc\/2017-08-04%20CEG%20to%20DHS%20(Awan%20et%20al%20A%20Files)%20.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">in an August 4\u00a0letter<\/a>\u00a0to Acting Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security Elaine Duke. The letter was made public by the committee Monday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTherefore, please provide the Alien File for the individuals listed below,\u201d he continued. \u201cPlease also include any temporary files, working files, and all documents and items contained in them that were generated by DHS or in its possession.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>We know Imran Awan\u2019s loyalty does not lie with the United States. As TGP previously\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/2017\/07\/lt-col-tony-shaffer-awan-brothers-sent-sensitive-intel-muslim-brotherhood-video\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a>, Lt. Col. Tony Shaffer revealed to Laura Ingraham, who filled in for Tucker Carlson recently, the Pakistani IT staffers were sending sensitive information to the Muslim Brotherhood.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Imran Awan\u2019s attorney released a statement after his recent arrest\u2026.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"thega-1673130275\" class=\"thega-content-1\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"thega-1001788342\" class=\"thega-content\">The attorney blamed Islamophobia, the ultra-right-wing and pizzagate for his client\u2019s arrest.<\/div>\n<p>The attorney goes on to say Imran and his wife were traveling to Pakistan because he was just fired.<\/p>\n<p>They were both carrying $12,000 when they left the US. Imran was arrested before he could board his plane.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2017\/07\/25\/wasserman-schultzs-it-aide-arrested-trying-to-flee-the-country\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Daily Caller<\/a>\u00a0also reported that the Pakistani IT staffers wired $283,000 from Congressional Federal Credit Union in a House office building to two people in Pakistan. Again, what was their immigration status?<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Florida Democratic\u00a0Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz\u2019s right-hand information technology (IT) aide was arrested attempting to leave the country just a few hours after The Daily Caller News Foundation\u2019s Investigative Group\u00a0revealed that he is the target of an FBI investigation.<\/p>\n<p>The employees had wired $283,000 from the Congressional Federal Credit Union in a House office building to two individuals in Pakistan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn January 18, 2017 at 12:09 pm, an international wire transfer request form was submitted [at the Congressional Federal Credit Union] at the Longworth House Office Building in the District of Columbia, in the amount of $283,000.00, to two individuals in Faisalabad, Pakistan,\u201d according to a\u00a010-page affidavit obtained by TheDCNF.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/2017\/08\/boom-senate-judiciary-committee-requests-immigration-files-pakistani-staffers\/\">http:\/\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/2017\/08\/boom-senate-judiciary-committee-requests-immigration-files-pakistani-staffers\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","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-80642","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80642","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=80642"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80642\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=80642"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=80642"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=80642"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}