Ex-House staffer, subject of conspiracy theories, pleads guilty to bank fraud charge

[yallerdawg]

For those keeping track of the Dotard's lies and fabrications, here's one more.

Source: CNN, by Jessica Schneider

A former House staffer who has been the subject of several tweets by President Donald Trump has struck a plea deal with prosecutors, pleading guilty to making a false statement on a bank loan application during a court appearance in Washington, DC, federal court Tuesday morning.

The government also acknowledged Tuesday there is no basis to claims that Awan stole information from the servers, or the servers themselves. The plea deal says: "The Government has uncovered no evidence that your client violated federal law with respect to the House computer system."

Prosecutors revealed that government investigators had interviewed 40 witnesses in connection with those allegations, had taken custody of the House Democratic caucus server and subsequently "found no evidence (Awan) illegally removed House data from the House network or from House Members' offices ... or improperly accessed or transferred government information, including classified or sensitive information."

Awan's attorney called out the President's statements and tweets in a statement: "My client is not a 'spy,' nor part of a 'spy ring.' There has never been any missing server, smashed hard drives, blackmailed members of Congress, or breach of classified information. This was all made up, for purposes of clickbait, Fox News stories, and political opportunism. And yes, this repugnant behavior went straight to the top, just weeks ago, the President of the United States tweeted again alleging that Imran was responsible for a missing Democratic Party server. Like so many irresponsible, misleading or simply untrue tweets from the President, this allegation displayed a complete lack of respect for law enforcement."

Read it all at: https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/03/politics/imran-awan-debbie-wasserman-schultz-bank-fraud/index.html

[Yonnie3]

1. "For those keeping track of the Dotard's lies and fabrications"

I keep track of his truthful statements. No effort involved.

[yallerdawg]

2. Question: "How do you know the Dotard is lying?"

Answer: "Is he sitting on the crapper phonetically spelling or making up words on his unsecured s̶m̶a̶r̶t̶ phone?"

[ehrnst]

3. Another "DNC is corrupt" conspiracy theory bites the dust. (nt)