Michigan Democratic Organizer Fired Over El-Sayed Foreign Money Claim
- On Monday, the Michigan Democratic Party terminated field organizer Abdoul Beckwith after Keefe Media Group released an undercover video alleging foreign donations to Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed.
- El-Sayed, a progressive Democrat, faces Republican Mike Rogers in the November general election for the seat held by retiring Sen. Gary Peters, in a race viewed as competitive for Senate control.
- In the footage, Beckwith discussed routing foreign money through intermediaries and claimed El-Sayed could not reject Hamas without losing supporters, adding that advisers could 'hijack' the candidate's positions.
- The El-Sayed campaign described the comments as 'untrue,' 'wildly misinformed,' and 'not reflective of the campaign,' asserting full compliance with Federal Election Commission rules.
- No independent public evidence of illegal foreign contributions has been verified, though the incident adds to existing scrutiny regarding the campaign's donor networks and Israel-related issues.
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Michigan Democratic Organizer Fired Over El-Sayed Foreign Money Claim
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Democratic organizer fired after alleging Abdul El-Sayed is taking foreign money in Michigan Senate race: report
A Democratic organizer was fired after he alleged that Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed is accepting overseas campaign contributions, potentially in violation of federal law.
Undercover video throws El-Sayed's Michigan senate campaign into chaos
Abdul El-Sayed's Senate campaign is in full-blown panic mode after an undercover O'Keefe Media Group video caught one of its field organizers claiming the candidate takes overseas donations. The video dropped on Monday. By the end of the day, the Michigan Democrat Party had confirmed that the organizer who spilled the beans about the campaign's illegal donations, Abdoul Beckwith, has been fired. No investigation, no review, no waiting to see how…
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