Once-celebrated leftist city official who endorsed el Sayed faces mounting charges
El Alamin, an ex-drug dealer whose prior record was expunged, endorsed Democratic Michigan primary winner Abdul el Sayed’s Senate run last year before el Sayed’s campaign called his domestic violence and assault case “deeply” disturbing. The advocacy group Muslims for American Progress also featured el Sayed and el Alamin together in a 2017 “Impact Report of Muslim Contributions to Michigan.”Advertisement El Sayed’s campaign and el Alamin’s attorney did not respond to the Washington Examiner’s requests for comment. “Domestic violence is directly against Abdul’s values,” an el Sayed spokesperson previously told the Daily Caller.
- ▪El Alamin, an ex-drug dealer whose prior record was expunged, endorsed Democratic Michigan primary winner Abdul el Sayed’s Senate run last year before el Sayed’s campaign called his domestic violence and assault case “deeply” disturbing.
- ▪The advocacy group Muslims for American Progress also featured el Sayed and el Alamin together in a 2017 “Impact Report of Muslim Contributions to Michigan.”Advertisement El Sayed’s campaign and el Alamin’s attorney did not respond to the W
- ▪“Domestic violence is directly against Abdul’s values,” an el Sayed spokesperson previously told the Daily Caller.
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A Michigan city lawmaker who was once a left-wing symbol for criminal justice reform faces two felony cases alleging domestic violence and election fraud.Flint City Councilman Leon el Alamin is set for a September evidence hearing over claims that he lived outside the ward he represents during the 2024 elections and an October trial for allegedly beating an ex-girlfriend he lived with, according to Genesee County court records and local media reports. El Alamin, an ex-drug dealer whose prior record was expunged, endorsed Democratic Michigan primary winner Abdul el Sayed’s Senate run last year before el Sayed’s campaign called his domestic violence and assault case “deeply” disturbing.
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