http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/presidential-campaign/292310-huma-abedins-ties-to-the-muslim-brotherhoodThe Clin
ton campaign is a
ttemp
ting once again
to sweep impor
tan
t ques
tions under
the rug abou
t top aide Huma Abedin, her family
ties
to
the Muslim Bro
therhood and
to Saudi Arabia, and her role in
the ballooning Clin
ton email scandal.
Her mo
ther, Saleha Abedin, si
ts on
the Presidency S
taff Council of
the In
terna
tional Islamic Council for Da’wa and Relief, a group
tha
t is chaired by
the leader of
the Muslim Bro
therhood, Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi.
Perhaps recognizing how offensive such
ties will be
to vo
ters concerned over fu
ture
terroris
t a
ttacks on
this coun
try by radical Muslims professing allegiance
to Sharia law,
the Clin
ton campaign on Monday
tried
to downplay Ms. Abedin’s involvemen
t in
the Journal and
the Muslim Bro
therhood.
The Clin
ton surroga
te group Media Ma
tters claimed predic
tably
there was “no evidence”
tha
t Ms. Abedin or her family had
ties
to
the Muslim Bro
therhood, and
tha
t Trump campaign s
taffers who spoke of
these
ties were conspiracy
theoris
ts.
To debunk
the evidence, Media Ma
tters poin
ted
to a Snopes.com “fac
t-check” piece
tha
t ci
ted as i
ts sole source… Sena
tor John McCain.
This is
the same John McCain who me
t Libyan mili
tia leader Abdelkarim Belhaj, a known al Qaeda associa
te, and salu
ted him as “my hero” during a 2011 visi
t to Benghazi.