An Abdul El-Sayed campaign staffer was charged on Wednesday for “conspiring to threaten University of Michigan leaders to pressure them to sever ties with Israel,” following Hamas’ barbaric attack on Israel in 2023.
As reported by the Detroit News:
One of the eight people indicted Wednesday for allegedly conspiring to threaten University of Michigan leaders to pressure them to sever ties with Israel worked for the U.S. Senate campaign of Abdul El-Sayed as recently as April…
Federal prosecutors accused [Mariam] Odeh and seven other indicted individuals of using encrypted chats to research, target and attack victims as well as social media amid a campaign of threats that emerged amid Israel’s war with Hamas in Gaza, according to the government.
The group of defendants, whom the government said are associated with the university, is accused of targeting numerous UM officials from October 2023 through April 2025, including the university president, who was Santa Ono at the time; the chief investment officer; the provost; members of the Board of Regents and others.
The charges came after top UM officials and their homes had been targeted by demonstrations and vandalism in the past few years as protesters demanded that the university halt its endowment investments in military contractors and Israeli companies because of Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza…
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“El-Sayed continues to pander to terrorists. He found it difficult to condemn the Synagogue attack on Jewish children, mourned the death of the Ayatollah, campaigned with known antisemite, Hasan Piker, and now this,” said NRSC Regional Press Secretary Samantha Cantrell.
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