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From 2004–2010, Bass was a member of the [[California State Assembly]] and for almost two years of that time she was its speaker.
From 2004–2010, Bass was a member of the [[California State Assembly]] and for almost two years of that time she was its speaker.
==Awan scandal==
==The Awans' Democrat member-clients==
An Awan family member - three of which are commonly referred to as 'no show employees' - appeared at one time or another on an estimated 80 House Democrats’ payrolls. Imran worked for dozens of House Democrats as a 'shared employee' providing technical support.
On March 1, 2017, ''Daily Caller'' reported members of the Awan family were paid $5 million by Democratic congressmen over several years, many of whom serve on the Intelligence, Homeland Security and Foreign Affairs Committees.<ref>https://youtu.be/Gvke6harBjc</ref>
Wasserman Shultz would encourage newly elected members to hire Imran or put his relatives on the payroll with the understanding that Imran was the one who would actually do the work –something not be permitted under House rules.
Sitting House members who paid the Awan's are [[Karen Bass]], [[Marcia Fudge]], Tim Ryan, [[Jim Costa]], Sander M. Levin, [[Debbie Wasserman Schultz]], [[Yvette Clarke]], [[Gregory Meeks]],<ref>https://www.citizensforethics.org/press-release/gregory-meeks-named-most-corrupt-member-of-congress/</ref> [[John Sarbanes]], [[Jackie Speier]], [[Diana DeGette]], [[Frederica Wilson]], Cedric L. Richmond, [[David Loebsack]], [[Joyce Beatty]], Emanuel Cleaver, [[Lois Frankel]], Daniel Kildee, [[Tony Cardenas]], [[Michelle Lujan Grisham]], [[Robin Kelly]], [[Katherine Clark]], [[Mark Takano]], [[Julia Brownley]], [[Pete Aguilar]], [[Andre Carson]], [[Joaquin Castro]], [[Ted Deutch]], [[Ted Lieu]], [[Hakeem Jeffries]], [[Kyrsten Sinema]] and [[Tammy Duckworth]]. The Awans had full access to the emails and office computer files of members. Focus of the investigation by the US 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,<ref>http://congressional-staff.insidegov.com/l/22830/Imran-Awan</ref> and his brother Abid and wife Hina Alvi were each paid more than $1 million. Imran first came to Capitol Hill in 2004 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, roughly three times the average staff salary.
The brothers spent significant time in [[Pakistan]].<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2017/03/01/pakistani-suspects-in-house-it-probe-received-4-million-from-dem-reps/</ref>
''[[Politico]]'' reported Wasserman Schultz and Rep. Gregory Meeks declined to fire Imran, and that both members have a “friendly personal relationship with Awan and his wife, according to multiple sources.”<ref>https://www.politico.com/story/2017/03/house-democrats-it-staffers-hina-alvi-imran-awan-235569</ref>
On May 18, 2017, former DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz threatened Capitol police chief for impounding evidence in the Awan investigation (See 2 February 2017).<ref>https://m.facebook.com/TimCanovaFL/posts/1851103228549373</ref><ref>https://observer.com/2017/05/debbie-wasserman-schultz-capitol-police-investigation-imran-awan/</ref> The Awan brothers were IT specialists working for Wasserman Schultz with access to DNC data and for House Democrats on the Intelligence Committee.<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2017/05/24/wasserman-schultz-threatened-police-chief-for-gathering-evidence-on-her-it-staffers-alleged-crimes/</ref>
==References==
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