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- Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed denied any family ties to the Muslim Brotherhood on NBC’s Meet the Press.
- Half-sister Eman Abdelhadi posted in June 2012 that their mother, Fatten Elkomy, was an active Muslim Brotherhood member.
- Fatten Elkomy worked for American Relief Agency 1999-2004; it pleaded guilty in 2016 to a $1.375 million sanctions breach.
- Campaign spokesperson called Rogers’s attacks Islamophobic and defended El-Sayed as a doctor focused on Michigan health.