Michigan Senate candidate Mike Rogers says he saw Bin Laden’s body with his ‘own eyes’. He did not
Summary
Mike Rogers, a Republican candidate for the Michigan Senate seat, claimed in a fundraising email that he saw Osama bin Laden’s dead body with his own eyes after the 2011 raid that killed bin Laden. However, Rogers was not at the raid site or the White House situation room; he was in Washington, D.C., and only saw a photograph of bin Laden’s body.Key Facts
- Mike Rogers served as a US Army officer, FBI special agent, and was chair of the House Intelligence Committee in 2011.
- Osama bin Laden was killed in a US military raid in Abbottabad, Pakistan, on May 1, 2011.
- Rogers was not physically present at the raid or the White House during the operation.
- He received a phone call from CIA Director Leon Panetta informing him about the raid.
- Rogers saw a photograph of bin Laden’s dead body but did not witness it in person.
- Rogers’ campaign has used language that suggests a closer personal involvement in the raid than is accurate.
- His Democratic opponent, Abdul El-Sayed, has condemned the 9/11 attacks and is falsely claimed by Rogers to have said America deserved 9/11.
- Twitch streamer Hasan Piker made a controversial statement about 9/11 years before endorsing El-Sayed and later apologized.
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