Posted on 01/05/2018 10:14:27 PM PST by bitt
A federal judge has ended curfew restrictions for ex-Capitol Hill IT aide Imran Awan but is still requiring him to wear a GPS monitoring device as he awaits trial on fraud charges and prosecutors argue he is a flight risk.
U.S. District Judge Tanya S. Chutkan revoked Awan’s curfew restrictions and stopped requiring him to be drug tested, according to a Wednesday court filing.
But Chutkan kept in place the GPS monitoring device and requirement that he not travel outside a 150-mile radius of his home.
Awan, a former IT aide for Democratic Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, has been enrolled in the High Intensity Supervision Program (HISP) with conditions that he abide by an electronically monitored curfew of 12 a.m. to 6 a.m. and a limit on traveling beyond 150 miles from his residence.
Awan and his attorney had attempted to lift those conditions, including the electronic monitoring bracelet.
But federal prosecutors had warned that could give Awan an opening.
“The government asserts that Awan is a flight risk and that his participation in HISP is by far the least restrictive condition that can be imposed on him to ensure his return to court,” they argued.
A grand jury in August returned an indictment in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia charging Awan and his wife, Hina Alvi, with a total of four counts, which included federal bank fraud and conspiracy. Awan has pleaded not guilty to all charges.
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This is good. Somebody is talking.
Awan & Alvi back on the court calander
17-cr-0161: USA v. AWAN Judge Tanya S. Chutkan 03/08/2018 09:30AM Courtroom 9 - 4th Floor Status Conference
17-cr-0161: USA v. ALVI Judge Tanya S. Chutkan 03/08/2018 09:30AM Courtroom 9 - 4th Floor Status Conference
A high intensity surveillance program isn’t much.
Gets the perp out of jail but within 3ft of anywhere.
I still contend he talked so he could get a bottle of milk out of his own icebox.
Couldn’t he drive to a small airport, take off the “bracelet” and leave the country? I’m sure whomever he was spying for would facilitate it.
If he was released to house arrest he has already given up the goods.
“requirement that he not travel outside a 150-mile radius of his home.”
he was already restricted to the 150 mile radius before - Judge would not release him.
big whoop.
he’s an easy target if she who cannot be named wants to get him..
Which goods? The spy ring or bank fraud?
http://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/dailycaller/awan/awanseries.html
https://www.shiftfrequency.com/mysterious-federal-case-against-imran-awan/
not much out there about the Awans - will have to to go THE MAN, George Webb
Let’s start with the money.
I don’t think that will happen now. The world is a complicated place but seeing who runs is kinda easy.
Seeing who gets erased is even easier.
I think this legal decision was designed in a way for him to just disappear. Like you suggest...he’ll cut the GPS unit, and have someone drive him south...probably to Florida, and take some vessel or fishing boat out to some island. Fake passport, and a flight into Lebanon.
Theres literally dozens of federal and state charges that should be filed against the guy. Some relate to tax fraud. Some to stolen property. There’s virtually no effort to build the case....people just want him to disappear and have the episode dissolve.
bump
It should be treated as a serious espionage case, and he should be in full confinement pre-trial as they would do with other major SPIES. He had access to tons of highly sensitive intel shared with the House members.
Either that, suicide / Arkancide or he IS actually "disappeared" as in the Everglades.
OMG...and Paul Manafort and Gates are under HOUSE ARREST!!!
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