President Trump pressed the Justice Department on Thursday to not let a former Democratic IT aide he has dubbed “the Pakistani mystery man” and one of his former employers, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., “off the hook.”

A tweet from the president decried reports that Imran Awan, a Pakistani IT technician who worked for dozens of Democratic lawmakers over the years, is on the cusp of reaching a plea deal in a federal court case.

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