El-Sayed's campaign says it complies with FEC rules after an organizer's overseas-donation claim
Abdul for U.S. SenateEl-Sayed's Senate campaign, through communications director Roxie Richner
Responding to an undercover video, El-Sayed's campaign says the organizer never worked for it and that it is fully in compliance with FEC regulations.
“The Abdul for Senate campaign is fully in compliance with FEC regulations”
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Mike Rogers's allegation about Abdul El-Sayed's campaign received funding from a terrorist organization
At a September 10, 2026 Republican National Convention midterm speech, Michigan Republican Senate nominee Mike Rogers said Abdul El-Sayed was funding his campaign with money from “terrorist groups like the Muslim Brotherhood.” Rogers did not name a donor, amount, or campaign-finance filing in the speech. The research documents an outside-support chain involving CAIR Action, Unity & Justice Fund, and a Super PAC supporting El-Sayed, while examining whether any record establishes the specific allegation.
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The National News Desk reports the O'Keefe Media Group undercover video of organizer Abdoul Beckwith, the statements from El-Sayed's campaign and the Michigan Democratic Party, and James O'Keefe's response.
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The New York Post reports the undercover video, the campaign's denial and the Michigan Democratic Party's statement that the organizer no longer works for the coordinated campaign.
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In an undercover video released by O'Keefe Media Group, Abdoul Beckwith, described as a Michigan Democratic Party regional field organizer, said El-Sayed has people from overseas who donate to him.
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The Michigan Democratic Party said Beckwith's claims were categorically false and that he no longer works for the coordinated campaign.
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Relative to the case's question of whether El-Sayed's campaign took money from terrorist-linked or foreign sources, the campaign denies the organizer's overseas-donation claim and says it follows federal campaign finance rules.
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The Dispute Index. "El-Sayed's campaign says it complies with FEC rules after an organizer's overseas-donation claim". First published: 2026-10-23. Last updated: 2026-10-23. https://disputeindex.com/events/6569-responding-to-an-undercover-video-el-sayed-s