Fact-checking El-Sayed and Rogers on 60 Minutes
Summary
A 60 Minutes report examined claims made by Michigan Senate candidates Abdul El-Sayed and Mike Rogers in interviews ahead of the election. It found that Rogers’s claim about El-Sayed’s letter and El-Sayed’s claims about DTE and Rogers’s post-Congress earnings needed additional context or lacked supporting evidence, according to the report.Key Facts
- Rogers said El-Sayed wrote a letter supporting the Muslim Brotherhood during its rise to power in Egypt.
- The report said El-Sayed was one of 46 Egyptian-Americans who signed a letter to then-President Mohamed Morsi urging action against allies of Egypt’s former authoritarian leader.
- El-Sayed has denied ties to the Muslim Brotherhood and publicly disavowed the group.
- El-Sayed accused DTE of influencing Michigan politicians and raising rates faster than in 46 other states over 20 years.
- The report found publicly reported political contributions from DTE and its political action committee, but no evidence of improper payments in exchange for votes or regulatory decisions.
- El-Sayed said Rogers made $14 million after leaving Congress; the provided article text ends before the report’s assessment of that claim.
- The article says Haley Stevens, whom El-Sayed narrowly defeated in the Democratic primary, endorsed Rogers at a Detroit church service.
- President Trump supported Rogers and called El-Sayed a “jihadist,” according to the article.
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