Fact-check: “Michigan Senate candidate Abdulrahman Mohamed El Sayed's mother, Fatten Elkomy, worked for the Islamic American Relief Agency, and it FUNDED TERRORISTS”
Verdict: Partly True (72% confidence)
Both core factual predicates are substantially supported by primary sources: a DOJ court filing confirms Elkomy worked for IARA-USA from 1999 onward, and the U.S. Treasury (OFAC) designated IARA's worldwide network as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist organization in 2004, citing direct financial support for Osama bin Laden, al-Qaeda, and the Taliban. However, the claim is partly misleading because the sentencing judge in the federal IARA case explicitly found that IARA-USA 'had no connec…
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