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Rogers Accuses El-Sayed of $130,000 CAIR-Linked Donations

By Drooid · Sep 18, 2026, 6:34 PM UTC · How we work

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Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Mich.) alleged Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed accepted $130,000 from donors linked to Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR).
Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Mich.) said Abdul El-Sayed’s father-in-law Tayeb Jukaku contributed at least $300,000 to a pro-El-Sayed Super PAC.
Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Mich.) also reported Amani Barakat donated $7,000 to the same Super PAC.
Abdul El-Sayed condemned terrorism and called Rogers’ attacks bad-faith lies.

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Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Mich.) alleged Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed accepted $130,000 from donors linked to Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR).
Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Mich.) said Abdul El-Sayed’s father-in-law Tayeb Jukaku contributed at least $300,000 to a pro-El-Sayed Super PAC.
Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Mich.) also reported Amani Barakat donated $7,000 to the same Super PAC.
Abdul El-Sayed condemned terrorism and called Rogers’ attacks bad-faith lies.