DEBBIE WASSERMAN SCHULTZ Planned To Continue Pay For Muslim IT Aide Charged With Multiple Counts of Bank Fraud, While Living In Pakistan…Didn’t Tell Authorities Muslim Wife Left Country While Under Criminal InvestigationDemocratic Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz seemingly planned to pay cyber-probe suspect and IT aide Imran Awan even while he was living in Pakistan, if the FBI hadn t stopped him from leaving the U.S. Monday. Public statements and congressional payroll records suggest she also appears to have known that his wife, a fellow IT staffer, left the country for good months ago   while she was also a criminal suspect.In all, six months of actions reveal a decision to continue paying a man who seemingly could not have been providing services to her, and who a mountain of evidence suggests was a liability. The man long had access to all of Wasserman Schultz s computer files, work emails and personal emails, and he was recently accused by a relative in court documents of wiretapping and extortion.Imran Awan is seen here with Bill Clinton in February of 2017:Imran Awan and Bill Clinton Feb '17 pic.twitter.com/ZdWJvt9H2q  archiebird (@archiebird) May 27, 2017Records also raise questions about whether the Florida Democrat permitted Awan to continue to access computers after House-wide authorities banned him from the network Feb. 2. Not only did she keep him on staff after the ban, but she also did not have any other IT person to perform necessary work that presumably would have arisen during a months-long period, according to payroll records.Wasserman Schultz employed Pakistani-born Awan and his wife Hina Alvi, and refused to fire either of them even after U.S. Capitol Police said in February 2017 that they were targets of the criminal investigation. She said police wouldn t show her evidence against the couple and, without it, she assumed they might be victims of anti-Muslim profiling.Heavy   Awan, 37, was at Dulles International Airport trying to leave the country when he was arraigned and surrendered his passport, Chad Pergram of Fox News reported. Awan was charged with bank fraud, according to Fox. The U.S. Capitol Police, FBI, and Customs and Border Protection were all involved in the arrest. According to the complain, he had bought a ticket to fly to Doha, Qatar and then Lahore, Pakistan, and had a return flight booked for January.Awan pleaded not guilty to one count of bank fraud on Tuesday, and he was ordered to turn over his passports. A hearing is scheduled for August 21 at 1:45 p.m.Awan, his wife Hina Alvi, along with several other related IT staffers had been under investigation since February, Politico reported. Officials accused them of stealing equipment from House members  offices, along with committing other possible violations. Details about the investigation were vague at first. Politico described the investigation in this way:  The employees allegedly stole equipment from members  offices without their knowledge and committed serious, potentially illegal, violations of House IT policies. In March, Fox News went into a little more detail, saying that at least five contractors, including Awan and his brothers Jamal and Abid Awan, were being investigated for possibly removing equipment from offices, including computers and servers. Fox News reported in March that the allegations included running a procurement scheme that involved buying equipment, then double-billing the House administrative office, and possibly having unauthorized access to the House computer system. Items that may have been double-billed included computers, iPads, monitors, keyboards, and routers.According to Politico, Awan earned nearly $2 million since 2004 as an IT support staffer for House Democrats. Alvi began working for House Democrats in 2007 and earned more than $1.3 million since then. Their salaries were split among multiple lawmakers  offices. None of the staffers under investigation had access to classified information, Politico reported.Awan booked a round-trip ticket to Pakistan in July and planned to depart Monday, July 24 with a return ticket in six months. He was arrested at Dulles Airport during his attempt to leave.The Associated Press reported that Awan s lawyer, Chris Gowen, said Awan  had informed the House of his plans to visit his family. Wasserman Schultz s spokesman cited Awan s Monday arrest as the reason for ending his employment on Tuesday:  Upon learning of his arrest, he was terminated. The office s insistence that his termination was prompted by the Monday arrest   and not the House Sergeant at Arms banning him and his wife from touching congressional computers or his six months in Pakistan   suggests that had he boarded the flight without incident he would still be on payroll.Awan s wife, Hina, left the country under similar circumstances March 5, after withdrawing the couple s three kids from school without telling Virginia education officials, packing up all of her possessions, and hiding $12,000 in cash, according to an FBI affidavit. She allegedly had hundreds of thousands of dollars waiting in Pakistan for her   money the FBI says Awan had obtained partly through mortgage fraud and had wired overseas using a false explanation.Two days later, on March 7, House records show Hina was cut from Wasserman Schultz s payroll.Though Hina bought a round trip ticket with a return in six months, the FBI said it  does not believe that Alvi has any intention to return to the United States. Wasserman Schultz spokesman David Darmrom did not respond to a DCNF IG request to explain why Hina had been terminated two days into a trip she claimed was temporary, while her husband had not been terminated for a six-month move. Between the part-time nature of her work and the ban, her absence was unlikely to have been noticed in two days without someone telling the office her plans.Wasserman Schultz s office also didn t answer if the office knew Hina s  round trip  was a permanent move.Hina and Awan were both IT aides whose jobs required access to the network, but the House Sergeant-At-Arms banned them from accessing it beginning Feb. 2. Awan and Hina were her only IT staffers, and payroll records through the latest available period, March 31, indicate that no other IT staffer or vendor was added to the payroll after their ban.A House source said Awan was seen in the House office building multiple times after the network ban.  Imran Awan is working in an  advisory  role for Wasserman Schultz, her spokesman said,  providing advice on technology issues. The spokesman wouldn t say who did the office s computer work after the ban, if not Awan.As IT administrators, the suspects could read all emails sent and received by the lawmaker and see all files on the staff members  computers, numerous House IT aides said. Wikileaks shows that Awan also had the password to Wasserman Schultz s iPad.In public court documents filed in Fairfax, Va., Awan s stepmother accused him of wiretapping and extortion.  Imran Awan did admit to me that my phone is tapped and there are devices installed in my house  and  Imran Awan threatened that he is very powerful and if I ever call the police again, [he] will   kidnap my family members back in Pakistan,  his stepmother, Samina Gilani, claimed in the documents (p. 21) filed April 14.Despite her professed concern of stereotyping, all other colleagues who employed Awan, Hina or their other relatives on House payrolls fired them, including Rep. Andre Carson of Indiana, who is Muslim and has criticized Wasserman Schultz for blocking police from examining a laptop tied to Imran.That laptop was found in an unused crevice of a House office building and seized as evidence by the Capitol Police, but Wasserman Schultz appeared determined to not let police see its contents, threatening  consequences  for the police chief if he didn t release it. The exchange was captured on video.  Daily Callerleft-news
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presumably would arisen period according payroll schultz employed away wife china ali refused fire either even capitol police said february targets criminal investigation she said police show evidence couple without assumed might victims away rules international airport trying leave country arranged surrendered passport chad program fox news reported away charged bank fraud according fox the capitol police fbi customs border protection involved arrest according complain bought ticket fly doha qatar lahore pakistan return flight booked pleaded guilty one count bank fraud tuesday ordered turn passports a hearing scheduled august wife china ali along several related it staffers investigation since february politico reported officials accused stealing equipment house members offices along committing possible violations details investigation vague first politico described investigation way the employees allegedly stole equipment members offices without knowledge committed serious potentially illegal violations house it policies in march fox news went little detail saying least five contractors including away brothers jama aid away investigated possibly removing equipment offices including computers servers fox news reported march allegations included running procurement scheme involved buying equipment house administrative office possibly unauthorized access house computer system items may included computers pads monitors keyboards politico away earned nearly million since it support staffer house democrats ali began working house democrats earned million since their salaries split among multiple lawmakers offices none staffers investigation access classified information politico booked ticket pakistan july planned depart monday july return ticket six months he arrested rules airport attempt associated press reported away lawyer chris gown said away informed house plans visit family wasserman schultz spokesman cited away monday arrest reason ending employment tuesday upon learning arrest terminated the office insistence termination prompted monday arrest house sergeant arms banning wife touching congressional computers six months pakistan suggests boarded flight without incident would still wife china left country similar circumstances march withdrawing couple three kids school without telling virginia education officials packing possessions hiding cash according fbi affidavit she allegedly hundreds thousands dollars waiting pakistan money fbi says away obtained partly mortgage fraud wired overseas using false days later march house records show china cut wasserman schultz china bought round trip ticket return six months fbi said believe ali intention return united states wasserman schultz spokesman david darmrom respond dcf ig request explain china terminated two days trip claimed temporary husband terminated move between nature work ban absence unlikely noticed two days without someone telling office schultz office also answer office knew 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Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: DEBBIE WASSERMAN SCHULTZ Planned To Continue Pay For Muslim IT Aide Charged With Multiple Counts of Bank Fraud, While Living In Pakistan…Didn’t Tell Authorities Muslim Wife Left Country While Under Criminal InvestigationDemocratic Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz seemingly planned to pay cyber-probe suspect and IT aide Imran Awan even while he was living in Pakistan, if the FBI hadn t stopped him from leaving the U.S. Monday. Public statements and congressional payroll records suggest she also appears to have known that his wife, a fellow IT staffer, left the country for good months ago   while she was also a criminal suspect.In all, six months of actions reveal a decision to continue paying a man who seemingly could not have been providing services to her, and who a mountain of evidence suggests was a liability. The man long had access to all of Wasserman Schultz s computer files, work emails and personal emails, and he was recently accused by a relative in court documents of wiretapping and extortion.Imran Awan is seen here with Bill Clinton in February of 2017:Imran Awan and Bill Clinton Feb '17 pic.twitter.com/ZdWJvt9H2q  archiebird (@archiebird) May 27, 2017Records also raise questions about whether the Florida Democrat permitted Awan to continue to access computers after House-wide authorities banned him from the network Feb. 2. Not only did she keep him on staff after the ban, but she also did not have any other IT person to perform necessary work that presumably would have arisen during a months-long period, according to payroll records.Wasserman Schultz employed Pakistani-born Awan and his wife Hina Alvi, and refused to fire either of them even after U.S. Capitol Police said in February 2017 that they were targets of the criminal investigation. She said police wouldn t show her evidence against the couple and, without it, she assumed they might be victims of anti-Muslim profiling.Heavy   Awan, 37, was at Dulles International Airport trying to leave the country when he was arraigned and surrendered his passport, Chad Pergram of Fox News reported. Awan was charged with bank fraud, according to Fox. The U.S. Capitol Police, FBI, and Customs and Border Protection were all involved in the arrest. According to the complain, he had bought a ticket to fly to Doha, Qatar and then Lahore, Pakistan, and had a return flight booked for January.Awan pleaded not guilty to one count of bank fraud on Tuesday, and he was ordered to turn over his passports. A hearing is scheduled for August 21 at 1:45 p.m.Awan, his wife Hina Alvi, along with several other related IT staffers had been under investigation since February, Politico reported. Officials accused them of stealing equipment from House members  offices, along with committing other possible violations. Details about the investigation were vague at first. Politico described the investigation in this way:  The employees allegedly stole equipment from members  offices without their knowledge and committed serious, potentially illegal, violations of House IT policies. In March, Fox News went into a little more detail, saying that at least five contractors, including Awan and his brothers Jamal and Abid Awan, were being investigated for possibly removing equipment from offices, including computers and servers. Fox News reported in March that the allegations included running a procurement scheme that involved buying equipment, then double-billing the House administrative office, and possibly having unauthorized access to the House computer system. Items that may have been double-billed included computers, iPads, monitors, keyboards, and routers.According to Politico, Awan earned nearly $2 million since 2004 as an IT support staffer for House Democrats. Alvi began working for House Democrats in 2007 and earned more than $1.3 million since then. Their salaries were split among multiple lawmakers  offices. None of the staffers under investigation had access to classified information, Politico reported.Awan booked a round-trip ticket to Pakistan in July and planned to depart Monday, July 24 with a return ticket in six months. He was arrested at Dulles Airport during his attempt to leave.The Associated Press reported that Awan s lawyer, Chris Gowen, said Awan  had informed the House of his plans to visit his family. Wasserman Schultz s spokesman cited Awan s Monday arrest as the reason for ending his employment on Tuesday:  Upon learning of his arrest, he was terminated. The office s insistence that his termination was prompted by the Monday arrest   and not the House Sergeant at Arms banning him and his wife from touching congressional computers or his six months in Pakistan   suggests that had he boarded the flight without incident he would still be on payroll.Awan s wife, Hina, left the country under similar circumstances March 5, after withdrawing the couple s three kids from school without telling Virginia education officials, packing up all of her possessions, and hiding $12,000 in cash, according to an FBI affidavit. She allegedly had hundreds of thousands of dollars waiting in Pakistan for her   money the FBI says Awan had obtained partly through mortgage fraud and had wired overseas using a false explanation.Two days later, on March 7, House records show Hina was cut from Wasserman Schultz s payroll.Though Hina bought a round trip ticket with a return in six months, the FBI said it  does not believe that Alvi has any intention to return to the United States. Wasserman Schultz spokesman David Darmrom did not respond to a DCNF IG request to explain why Hina had been terminated two days into a trip she claimed was temporary, while her husband had not been terminated for a six-month move. Between the part-time nature of her work and the ban, her absence was unlikely to have been noticed in two days without someone telling the office her plans.Wasserman Schultz s office also didn t answer if the office knew Hina s  round trip  was a permanent move.Hina and Awan were both IT aides whose jobs required access to the network, but the House Sergeant-At-Arms banned them from accessing it beginning Feb. 2. Awan and Hina were her only IT staffers, and payroll records through the latest available period, March 31, indicate that no other IT staffer or vendor was added to the payroll after their ban.A House source said Awan was seen in the House office building multiple times after the network ban.  Imran Awan is working in an  advisory  role for Wasserman Schultz, her spokesman said,  providing advice on technology issues. The spokesman wouldn t say who did the office s computer work after the ban, if not Awan.As IT administrators, the suspects could read all emails sent and received by the lawmaker and see all files on the staff members  computers, numerous House IT aides said. Wikileaks shows that Awan also had the password to Wasserman Schultz s iPad.In public court documents filed in Fairfax, Va., Awan s stepmother accused him of wiretapping and extortion.  Imran Awan did admit to me that my phone is tapped and there are devices installed in my house  and  Imran Awan threatened that he is very powerful and if I ever call the police again, [he] will   kidnap my family members back in Pakistan,  his stepmother, Samina Gilani, claimed in the documents (p. 21) filed April 14.Despite her professed concern of stereotyping, all other colleagues who employed Awan, Hina or their other relatives on House payrolls fired them, including Rep. Andre Carson of Indiana, who is Muslim and has criticized Wasserman Schultz for blocking police from examining a laptop tied to Imran.That laptop was found in an unused crevice of a House office building and seized as evidence by the Capitol Police, but Wasserman Schultz appeared determined to not let police see its contents, threatening  consequences  for the police chief if he didn t release it. The exchange was captured on video.  Daily Callerleft-news
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TEXT: debate wasserman schultz planned to continue pay for muslim it aide charged with multiple counts bank fraud while living in tell authorities muslim wife left country while under criminal investigationdemocratic debate wasserman schultz seemingly planned pay suspect it aide iran away even living pakistan fbi stopped leaving monday public statements congressional payroll records suggest also appears known wife fellow it staffer left country good months ago also criminal six months actions reveal decision continue paying man seemingly could providing services mountain evidence suggests liability the man long access wasserman schultz computer files work emails personal emails recently accused relative court documents wiretapping away seen bill clinton february iran away bill clinton feb archiebird archiebird may also raise questions whether florida democrat permitted away continue access computers authorities banned network not keep staff ban also it person perform necessary work presumably would arisen period according payroll schultz employed away wife china ali refused fire either even capitol police said february targets criminal investigation she said police show evidence couple without assumed might victims away rules international airport trying leave country arranged surrendered passport chad program fox news reported away charged bank fraud according fox the capitol police fbi customs border protection involved arrest according complain bought ticket fly doha qatar lahore pakistan return flight booked pleaded guilty one count bank fraud tuesday ordered turn passports a hearing scheduled august wife china ali along several related it staffers investigation since february politico reported officials accused stealing equipment house members offices along committing possible violations details investigation vague first politico described investigation way the employees allegedly stole equipment members offices without knowledge committed serious potentially illegal violations house it policies in march fox news went little detail saying least five contractors including away brothers jama aid away investigated possibly removing equipment offices including computers servers fox news reported march allegations included running procurement scheme involved buying equipment house administrative office possibly unauthorized access house computer system items may included computers pads monitors keyboards politico away earned nearly million since it support staffer house democrats ali began working house democrats earned million since their salaries split among multiple lawmakers offices none staffers investigation access classified information politico booked ticket pakistan july planned depart monday july return ticket six months he arrested rules airport attempt associated press reported away lawyer chris gown said away informed house plans visit family wasserman schultz spokesman cited away monday arrest reason ending employment tuesday upon learning arrest terminated the office insistence termination prompted monday arrest house sergeant arms banning wife touching congressional computers six months pakistan suggests boarded flight without incident would still wife china left country similar circumstances march withdrawing couple three kids school without telling virginia education officials packing possessions hiding cash according fbi affidavit she allegedly hundreds thousands dollars waiting pakistan money fbi says away obtained partly mortgage fraud wired overseas using false days later march house records show china cut wasserman schultz china bought round trip ticket return six months fbi said believe ali intention return united states wasserman schultz spokesman david darmrom respond dcf ig request explain china terminated two days trip claimed temporary husband terminated move between nature work ban absence unlikely noticed two days without someone telling office schultz office also answer office knew china round trip permanent away it aides whose jobs required access network house banned accessing beginning away china it staffers payroll records latest available period march indicate it staffer vendor added payroll house source said away seen house office building multiple times network ban iran away working advisory role wasserman schultz spokesman said providing advice technology issues the spokesman say office computer work ban it administrators suspects could read emails sent received lawmaker see files staff members computers numerous house it aides said wikileaks shows away also password wasserman schultz public court documents filed fairfax away stepmother accused wiretapping extortion iran away admit phone tapped devices installed house iran away threatened powerful i ever call police kidnap family members back pakistan stepmother stamina giant claimed documents filed april professed concern stereotyping colleagues employed away china relatives house payroll fired including andre carson indiana muslim criticized wasserman schultz blocking police examining laptop tied laptop found unused crevices house office building seized evidence capitol police wasserman schultz appeared determined let police see contents threatening consequences police chief release the exchange captured video daily