| | *''Daily Mail'' reports [[Valerie Jarrett]] moves into Barack and [[Michelle Obama]]'s DC home, the "nerve center of the mounting insurgency against" Donald Trump. "Obama's goal, according to a close family friend, is to oust Trump from the presidency."<ref>http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4271412/Obama-confidante-Valerie-Jarrett-moves-Kaloroma-home.html#ixzz4cP2toBxe</ref> | | *''Daily Mail'' reports [[Valerie Jarrett]] moves into Barack and [[Michelle Obama]]'s DC home, the "nerve center of the mounting insurgency against" Donald Trump. "Obama's goal, according to a close family friend, is to oust Trump from the presidency."<ref>http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4271412/Obama-confidante-Valerie-Jarrett-moves-Kaloroma-home.html#ixzz4cP2toBxe</ref> |
| − | *''Daily Caller'' reports Awan family was paid $5 million by Democratic congressmen over several years many of whom serve on the intelligence, homeland security and foreign affairs committees. The Awans appeared at one time or another on an estimated 80 House Democrats’ payrolls. Current members are Marcia Fudge, Tim Ryan, [[Jim Costa]], Sander M. Levin, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Yvette D. Clarke, Gregory W. Meeks, John P. Sarbanes, [[Jackie Speier]], [[Diana Degette]], Frederica S. Wilson, Cedric L. Richmond, David Loebsack, [[Karen Bass]], Joyce Beatty, Emanuel Cleaver, [[Lois Frankel]], Daniel T. Kildee, [[Tony Cardenas]], Michelle Lujan Grisham, Robin L. Kelly, Katherine M. Clark, [[Mark Takano]], [[Julia Brownley]], [[Pete Aguilar]], Andre Carson, Joaquin Castro, [[Ted Deutch]], [[Ted Lieu]], Hakeem S. Jeffries, and [[Kyrsten Sinema]]. The Awans had full access to the emails and office computer files of members. Focus of the investigation by the U.S. Capitol Police is an off-site server on which congressional data was loaded. | + | *''Daily Caller'' reports Awan family was paid $5 million by Democratic congressmen over several years many of whom serve on the intelligence, homeland security and foreign affairs committees. The Awans appeared at one time or another on an estimated 80 House Democrats’ payrolls. Current members are Marcia Fudge, Tim Ryan, [[Jim Costa]], Sander M. Levin, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Yvette D. Clarke, Gregory W. Meeks, John P. Sarbanes, [[Jackie Speier]], [[Diana DeGette]], Frederica S. Wilson, Cedric L. Richmond, David Loebsack, [[Karen Bass]], Joyce Beatty, Emanuel Cleaver, [[Lois Frankel]], Daniel T. Kildee, [[Tony Cardenas]], Michelle Lujan Grisham, Robin L. Kelly, Katherine M. Clark, [[Mark Takano]], [[Julia Brownley]], [[Pete Aguilar]], Andre Carson, Joaquin Castro, [[Ted Deutch]], [[Ted Lieu]], Hakeem S. Jeffries, and [[Kyrsten Sinema]]. The Awans had full access to the emails and office computer files of members. Focus of the investigation by the U.S. Capitol Police is an off-site server on which congressional data was loaded. |
| | *There are more than 15,000 congressional staff on Capitol Hill; four of the 500 highest-paid House staffers are Awans. Median salary for legislative assistants is $43,000 annually; Imran Awan has collected $1.2 million in salary since 2010, and his brother Abid and wife Hina Alvi were each paid more than $1 million. Imran first came to Capitol Hill in 2003 and Abid joined him in 2005. Imran’s wife Hina Alvi was added to the payroll in 2007, while Abid’s wife, Natalia Sova, appeared in 2011. In 2014 the youngest brother, Jamal, was added to the payroll in 2014 at the age of 20 with a salary of $160,000. | | *There are more than 15,000 congressional staff on Capitol Hill; four of the 500 highest-paid House staffers are Awans. Median salary for legislative assistants is $43,000 annually; Imran Awan has collected $1.2 million in salary since 2010, and his brother Abid and wife Hina Alvi were each paid more than $1 million. Imran first came to Capitol Hill in 2003 and Abid joined him in 2005. Imran’s wife Hina Alvi was added to the payroll in 2007, while Abid’s wife, Natalia Sova, appeared in 2011. In 2014 the youngest brother, Jamal, was added to the payroll in 2014 at the age of 20 with a salary of $160,000. |