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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>

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>[https://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>[https://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.

Speaker of the House [[John Boehner]] was asked about the requests for investigations by the Inspectors' General.  He stated, "I don't know Huma. But from everything that I do know of her, she has a sterling character, and I think accusations like this being thrown around are pretty dangerous."<ref>{{cite news|last=O'Keefe|first=Ed|title=John Boehner: Accusations against Huma Abedin ‘pretty dangerous’|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/2chambers/post/john-boehner-accusations-against-huma-abedin-pretty-dangerous/2012/07/19/gJQAeDT6vW_blog.html|newspaper=Washington Post|date=19 July 2012}}</ref> Boehner admitted he hadn't read the letters requesting the investigations when he made his "dangerous" statement which some noted was itself dangerous.

Speaker of the House [[John Boehner]] was asked about the requests for investigations by the Inspectors' General.  He stated, "I don't know Huma. But from everything that I do know of her, she has a sterling character, and I think accusations like this being thrown around are pretty dangerous."<ref>{{cite news|last=O'Keefe|first=Ed|title=John Boehner: Accusations against Huma Abedin ‘pretty dangerous’|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/2chambers/post/john-boehner-accusations-against-huma-abedin-pretty-dangerous/2012/07/19/gJQAeDT6vW_blog.html|newspaper=Washington Post|date=19 July 2012}}</ref> Boehner admitted he hadn't read the letters requesting the investigations when he made his "dangerous" statement which some noted was itself dangerous.