Abdul El-Sayed Faces Renewed Scrutiny Over Mother's 3-Hour FBI Questioning and Family Muslim Brotherhood Claims
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Updated · Fox News · Nov 2
Abdul El-Sayed Faces Renewed Scrutiny Over Mother's 3-Hour FBI Questioning and Family Muslim Brotherhood Claims
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Nov 2
Summary
Republican attacks on Michigan Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed intensified after reports resurfaced that FBI agents questioned his mother for about three hours in 2004 during a probe of the Islamic American Relief Agency.
IARA was shut down in 2008 over alleged sanctions and terrorism-financing violations, but El-Sayed's mother, Fatten Elkomy, was not charged, and Fox News Digital said it found no evidence she transferred funds to terrorist groups.
El-Sayed has denied any Muslim Brotherhood ties, saying in October that neither he nor his family has such connections and stressing that his mother did not raise him after his parents divorced when he was 3.
The controversy widened after his half-sister's old social media posts said family members had 'long been' in the Muslim Brotherhood, while El-Sayed dismissed the tweets as unserious hearsay.
Political pressure also grew when former Democratic rival Haley Stevens endorsed Republican Mike Rogers on Sunday, citing concerns about El-Sayed's handling of Jewish community safety and his appearances with Hasan Piker.