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On June 13, 2012, five members of Congress ([[Michele Bachmann]], [[Louie Gohmert]], [[Trent Franks]], Tom Rooney, Lynn Westmoreland) sent letters to the Inspectors General<ref>{{cite web |url=http://bachmann.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=303218 |title=House Members Seek National Security Answers|date=15 June 2012 |publisher=Congress of the United States |accessdate=23 August 2012}}</ref> of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, the Department of Defense, the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Justice and the Department of State seeking investigations into the Obama administration's involvement with the [[Muslim Brotherhood]], an Islamist group with a long history of jihadist violence.

On June 13, 2012, five members of Congress ([[Michele Bachmann]], [[Louie Gohmert]], [[Trent Franks]], Tom Rooney, Lynn Westmoreland) sent letters to the Inspectors General<ref>{{cite web |url=http://bachmann.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=303218 |title=House Members Seek National Security Answers|date=15 June 2012 |publisher=Congress of the United States |accessdate=23 August 2012}}</ref> of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, the Department of Defense, the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Justice and the Department of State seeking investigations into the Obama administration's involvement with the [[Muslim Brotherhood]], an Islamist group with a long history of jihadist violence.

One of the letters in particular to Ambassador Harold W. Geisel, the Deputy Inspector General of the United States Department of State, used the Department's Deputy Chief of Staff, Huma Abedin, as an example of the undue influence. The letter said that Abedin "has three family members–her late father, her mother and her brother–connected to Muslim Brotherhood operatives and/or organizations," referring to a study by the Center for Security Policy.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://bachmann.house.gov/uploadedfiles/ig_letter_dept_of_state.pdf |title=Letter to the Deputy Inspector General |author= |date=13 June 2012 |format=PDF |publisher=Congress of the United States |accessdate=19 July 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Cordes|first=Nancy|title=Michele Bachmann refuses to back down on claims about Huma Abedin|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-505267_162-57475483/michelle-bachmann-refuses-to-back-down-on-claims-about-huma-abedin/|accessdate=19 July 2012|newspaper=CBS This Morning|date=19 July 2012 |quote=Bachmann, from Minnesota, and the four other representatives sent letters to top intelligence and security officials last week warning that the Muslim Brotherhood, a global religious Islamic movement whose members have been linked to terrorist groups in the past, may have infiltrated the top levels of U.S. government.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://muslimbrotherhoodinamerica.com/key-findings/ |title=Key Findings |last=[[Frank Gaffney|Gaffney]] |first=Frank |date= |work=The Muslim Brotherhood in America |publisher=Center for Security Policy |accessdate=11 August 2012 |quote=Notably, six Islamist-sympathizers have achieved positions within or advisory roles serving Team Obama:  Special Envoy to the Organization of Islamic Cooperation Rashad Hussein; Deputy Chief of Staff to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Huma Abedein; Presidential advisor Dalia Mogahed; FBI Citizens Academy graduate Kifah Mustafa; Homeland Security Advisory Committee Member Mohamed Elibiary and Homeland Security Countering Violent Extremism Working Group Member Mohamed Magid.}}</ref>

One of the letters in particular to Ambassador Harold W. Geisel, the Deputy Inspector General of the United States Department of State, used the Department's Deputy Chief of Staff, Huma Abedin, as an example of the undue influence. The letter said that Abedin "has three family members–her late father, her mother and her brother–connected to Muslim Brotherhood operatives and/or organizations," referring to a study by the Center for Security Policy.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://bachmann.house.gov/uploadedfiles/ig_letter_dept_of_state.pdf |title=Letter to the Deputy Inspector General |author= |date=13 June 2012 |format=PDF |publisher=Congress of the United States |accessdate=19 July 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Cordes|first=Nancy|title=Michele Bachmann refuses to back down on claims about Huma Abedin|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/8301-505267_162-57475483/michelle-bachmann-refuses-to-back-down-on-claims-about-huma-abedin/|accessdate=19 July 2012|newspaper=CBS This Morning|date=19 July 2012 |quote=Bachmann, from Minnesota, and the four other representatives sent letters to top intelligence and security officials last week warning that the Muslim Brotherhood, a global religious Islamic movement whose members have been linked to terrorist groups in the past, may have infiltrated the top levels of U.S. government.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://muslimbrotherhoodinamerica.com/key-findings/ |title=Key Findings |last=[[Frank Gaffney|Gaffney]] |first=Frank |date= |work=The Muslim Brotherhood in America |publisher=Center for Security Policy |accessdate=11 August 2012 |quote=Notably, six Islamist-sympathizers have achieved positions within or advisory roles serving Team Obama:  Special Envoy to the Organization of Islamic Cooperation Rashad Hussein; Deputy Chief of Staff to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Huma Abedein; Presidential advisor Dalia Mogahed; FBI Citizens Academy graduate Kifah Mustafa; Homeland Security Advisory Committee Member Mohamed Elibiary and Homeland Security Countering Violent Extremism Working Group Member Mohamed Magid.}}</ref>

The five members of Congress wanted simple details on how Abedin attained a high-level security clearance. Abedin's connections to the Muslim Brotherhood could be disqualifying in any legitimate background check. Democrat representative [[Keith Ellison]], the first Muslim elected to Congress, stepped into the fray, playing the "Islamaphobia" card, avoiding the facts of the issue. Republican [[John McCain]] publicly lashed out at Bachmann from the floor of the Senate, while at the same time admitting he had not read any of the documentation requesting the investigation.<ref>[http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/310198/questions-about-huma-abedin-andrew-c-mccarthy?pg=1 Questions about Huma Abedin, National Review, July 21, 2012]</ref> A few of the so-called mainstream media outlets piled on with [[liberal]] narrative in furtherance of a longstanding vendetta against Bachmann.

The five members of Congress wanted simple details on how Abedin attained a high-level security clearance. Abedin's connections to the Muslim Brotherhood could be disqualifying in any legitimate background check. Democrat representative [[Keith Ellison]], the first Muslim elected to Congress, stepped into the fray, playing the "Islamaphobia" card, avoiding the facts of the issue. Republican [[John McCain]] publicly lashed out at Bachmann from the floor of the Senate, while at the same time admitting he had not read any of the documentation requesting the investigation.<ref>[http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/310198/questions-about-huma-abedin-andrew-c-mccarthy?pg=1 Questions about Huma Abedin, National Review, July 21, 2012]</ref> A few of the so-called mainstream media outlets piled on with [[liberal]] narrative in furtherance of a longstanding vendetta against Bachmann.