Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed is facing renewed scrutiny from Republican critics over his mother's questioning by federal investigators more than two decades ago as part of an investigation into an Islamic charity where she worked. El-Sayed's Republican opponent, former Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Mich., accused the Democratic candidate of misleading Michigan voters about his views on the Muslim Brotherhood, pointing to reported associations involving members of El-Sayed's family.
El-Sayed previously told Fox News that he has "never been" and will "never be" a member of the Muslim Brotherhood. Fox News Digital is not aware of any direct ties between El-Sayed and the organization. El-Sayed's campaign did not respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment.
CONTROVERSY OVER ABDUL EL-SAYED'S FAMILY TIES TO MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD IGNORED, DOWNPLAYED BY LIBERAL MEDIA "Michiganders cannot trust Abdul El-Sayed. He lies about his physician credentials, his family life, and about how much his disastrous policies will cost Michigan's families," a spokesperson for Rogers told Fox News Digital. "Tell the truth, Abdul." El-Sayed has not publicly addressed the details of his mother's questioning by federal investigators or the raid on the offices of the Islamic charity where she worked since the Washington Free Beacon resurfaced the reports last month.
Federal authorities raided the Missouri office of the Islamic American Relief Agency (IARA), where El-Sayed's mother, Fatten Elkomy, worked in 2004, according to the Columbia Daily Tribune. The newspaper reported that federal agents questioned Elkomy for approximately three hours during the investigation. In 2008, IARA was shut down by the federal government in connection with alleged violations of federal sanctions and terrorism-related financing restrictions, including allegations involving funding for Islamic militants in Afghanistan and terrorist groups such as the Taliban and al Qaeda.
Elkomy was not charged in connection with the investigation, according to multiple reports. Fox News Digital has found no evidence that she facilitated transfers of funds to terrorist organizations. Treasury Department did not respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment about the government's findings concerning IARA's alleged connections to the Muslim Brotherhood or why Elkomy was questioned by federal investigators.
TRUMP LINKS MICHIGAN SENATE CANDIDATE ABDUL EL-SAYED TO MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD: 'HE'S A CON MAN' During his Senate campaign, El-Sayed has sought to distance himself from his mother's reported political associations, emphasizing that she did not raise him. El-Sayed was raised in Michigan by his father and stepmother after his parents divorced when he was 3. We have no ties," El-Sayed told NBC's Tom Llamas in October.
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