Donor Khaled Elsayes says he did not sign the 2012 letter backing Morsi
Khaled ElsayesRadiologist responding to questions about his donation and an attributed signature
Reached by the Free Beacon, Elsayes says he donated to El-Sayed but did not sign the 2012 letter supporting Morsi, and that he did not like Morsi's policies.
“I didn’t sign anything to support Morsi and didn’t even like his policies”
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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 report combines contributions to two election campaigns. Elsayes acknowledges donating but denies signing the cited letter. The underlying contributions and signatures were not all independently re-audited.
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The Free Beacon names him as a signer of the 2012 letter on behalf of Rebuilding Egypt and says he has given at least $2,750 to El-Sayed's Senate campaign.
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He says the only explanation is that Morsi supporters added the names of well-known Egyptian expatriates to back Morsi's policies. The report does not say who added his name.
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Relative to the allegation that El-Sayed's campaign took money from Muslim Brotherhood-linked sources, Elsayes says he did not sign the 2012 letter the report uses to describe him as a fellow Brotherhood supporter of El-Sayed, and that he did not like Morsi's policies. He confirms the donation but flatly denies the signature, so a denial fits better than a challenge to the characterization.
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