The Democrats are engulfed in a massive scandal.
Authorities just made a significant arrest in the case.
And it could be the final nail in the Democrat party’s coffin.
The disturbing scandal involving former Democrat National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz’s IT staffer, Imran Awan, just reached frightening new levels.
Awan and his family were the subjects of a FBI investigation looking into a data breach of sensitive equipment.
They worked for Wasserman Shultz and other Democrats – including some who sat on sensitive equipment.
He recently moved out of his house where the current tenant found smashed computers and hardware.
The Daily Caller reports:
“FBI agents seized smashed computer hard drives from the home of Florida Democratic Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz’s information technology (IT) administrator, according to two sources with knowledge of the investigation.
Pakistani-born Imran Awan, long-time right-hand IT aide to the former Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chairwoman, has since desperately tried to get the hard drives back, an individual whom FBI investigators interviewed in the case told The Daily Caller News Foundation’s Investigative Group.
An additional source in Congress with direct knowledge of the case, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the probe, confirmed that the FBI has joined what Politico previously described as a Capitol Police criminal probe into “serious, potentially illegal, violations on the House IT network” by Imran and three of his relatives, who had access to the emails and files of the more than two dozen House Democrats who employed them on a part-time basis.
Capitol Police have also seized computer equipment tied to the Florida lawmaker.”
After this report broke, Awan tried to flee the country.
He was arrested at Dulles Airport and charged with bank fraud.
Rep Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) fires IT vendor Imran Awan arrested at Dulles on bank fraud charges
— Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) July 25, 2017
Feds/USCP picked up Imran Awan at Dulles Aiport last night as he was "trying to leave the country." Has been arraigned. Surrendered passport
— Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) July 25, 2017
This scandal could have far reaching implications for the Democrats.
It could remind voters of the Hillary Clinton email scandal.
Every time Democrats are handed a position of power, they involve themselves in shady computer dealings that compromise national security.
Hillary Clinton mishandled classified information by sending it on a private, unsecured email server.
There is still speculation that a foreign power hacked her server and gained access to her emails.
Here, Awan and his family have alleged ties to terrorism and he is being investigated for transferring data to an offsite server.
This is the second time Democrats risked national security because of lax technology protocols.
And it could be a black mark on the party as voters head to the polls in 2018.
Scandals kept Hillary Clinton out of the White House in 2016, and they could prevent Schumer and Pelosi from returning to power in 2018.
