| THE LIE Abdul El-Sayed is a clean-money, anti-special-interest candidate running a grassroots Michigan Senate campaign free from extremist influence. |
| THE TRUTH El-Sayed built his entire campaign around getting ‘money out of politics’ – then accepted over $115,000 from at least 41 current or former officials of CAIR, an organization named an unindicted co-conspirator in the largest Hamas-financing prosecution in U.S. history. His own father-in-law, Tayeb Jukaku – a CAIR-Michigan board member with documented ties to a Brotherhood-linked organization – funneled $200,000 into a super PAC backing El-Sayed’s campaign. |
| BACKGROUND Abdul El-Sayed won Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary on August 4, 2026 with 48.5% of the vote, defeating Rep. Haley Stevens. Throughout the primary, he repeatedly attacked Stevens for benefiting from AIPAC-linked outside spending – casting himself as the candidate standing up to special-interest money. Hannity – El-Sayed CAIR donors confirmed On July 14, 2026, the Washington Free Beacon separately reported that El-Sayed’s father-in-law, Tayeb Jukaku, donated $200,000 to the ‘Fighting for Michigan’ super PAC supporting El-Sayed – making Jukaku the PAC’s largest individual backer, at nearly half of its $478,000 total raised. Free Beacon |
| TRUTH EXPLAINED Fox News confirmed at least 41 current or former CAIR officials donated more than $115,000 to El-Sayed’s campaign – including CAIR national Executive Director Nihad Awad, who personally donated and who publicly stated in December 2023 that he was ‘happy to see’ Palestinians fighting on October 7. Awad later walked back the remarks after President Biden condemned them. Fox News – El-Sayed CAIR donations El-Sayed’s father-in-law, Tayeb Jukaku, sits on the founding committee of the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) – an organization a federal judge ruled had ‘ample evidence’ tying it to Hamas. ISNA used a joint bank account with the Holy Land Foundation, which was convicted in 2008 of funneling $12.4 million to Hamas. Jukaku also serves as a CAIR-Michigan board member. Washington Free Beacon – Jukaku ISNA super PAC CAIR’s political arm – CAIR Action – formally endorsed El-Sayed’s Senate campaign. This is organizational backing, not merely individual donors. CAIR was named an unindicted co-conspirator in the Holy Land Foundation trial, the largest Hamas-financing prosecution in U.S. history, and the FBI severed all formal ties with CAIR in 2009 following that trial. AllSides – Fox News report on El-Sayed CAIR ties The UAE designated CAIR a terrorist organization in 2014. The governors of Texas and Florida issued state-level designations in 2025. To be precise: CAIR is not a U.S. federal Foreign Terrorist Organization under the FTO statute – but it was named an unindicted co-conspirator in the HLF Hamas-financing case, and the FBI has maintained a formal policy suspending all contacts with CAIR since 2009. NY Post – El-Sayed CAIR report Trump signed an executive order in November 2025 beginning the process of designating certain Muslim Brotherhood chapters as Foreign Terrorist Organizations – the same Brotherhood network CAIR originated from, according to federal court findings. El-Sayed has said nothing about these designations or his campaign’s ties to Brotherhood-linked donors. Trump EO on Muslim Brotherhood |
| QUOTES El-Sayed’s Senate campaign has collected more than $115,000 from individuals who work for or have held leadership roles with the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), which has been designated a terrorist organization by the United Arab Emirates. – Fox News, August 5, 2026Abdul El-Sayed built his campaign around getting money out of politics. Now Fox News reports more than $115,000 came from at least 41 current or former CAIR officials and leaders. Michigan voters deserve the complete donor list and straight answers. – @gunthereagleman, August 5, 2026 |
| TAKEAWAY El-Sayed ran as the clean-money candidate and won his primary by attacking AIPAC. He is now the beneficiary of $115,000 from CAIR-linked donors, a $200,000 super PAC check from his own father-in-law – a man tied to an organization a federal judge linked to Hamas financing – and a formal endorsement from CAIR Action. This is not grassroots campaign. This is a coordinated Islamist donor network funding a senator elect, who refuses to answer for it. Michigan voters deserve to know exactly who is funding their next potential U.S. Senator – and why he won’t own up to where his money comes from. |
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