Imran Awan the lead suspect in a criminal probe into breaches of House of Representatives information security systems possessed the password to an iPad used by then-Democratic National Committee Chairperson Debbie Wasserman Schultz when DNC emails were given to WikiLeaks, The Daily Caller News Foundation Investigative Group has learned.
Wasserman Schultz resigned the DNC post in the wake of WikiLeaks posting damaging internal emails, blaming the scandal on hacking by Russians.
Imran and his family members, all of whom worked as IT professionals for members of Congress, were banned from the House network Feb. 2, 2017, by the House Sergeant at Arms, but Wasserman Schultz has declined to fire him and circumvented the ban by having him advise her office.
WikiLeaks emails show that although Imran was employed by her taxpayer-funded House office, the Florida Democrats world and iPad mixed DNC, House and campaign business, and that Imran was on call for, and on a first-name basis with, top DNC staff.
Garret Bonosky, deputy director of the DNC, wrote in a May 4, 2016 email: Amy I will call you shortly. I have to get this ipad thing figured out. Need to make sure I have her username and password.