bachmann and four of her colleagues. as we ve been reporting, they want the inspectors general of five security agencies to look into what bachmann calls the possible deep penetration, her words, of muslim extremists into the u.s. government. they re pointing fingers at a particular person, this woman, huma abedin, secretary of state hillary clinton s deputy chief of staff. implying that she may be somehow working on behalf of the muslim brotherhood and questioning how she ever got a security clearance. again, senator mccain today. to say that the accusations made in both documents are not substantiated by the evidence they offer is to be overly polite and diplomatic about it. it is far better and more accurate to talk straight. these accusations about huma abedin and the report from which they are drawn are nothing less than an unwarranted and an unfounded attack on an honorable citizen, a dedicated american and a loyal public servant. this is the third night we ve been
ors in letters to it is inspectors general for five different government security agencies. we ve been digging into one of their most serious claims. they point finger, at this woman, huma abedin, secretary of state hillary clinton s deputy chief of staff. implying she may somehow be working on behalf of the muslim brotherhood. and questioning how she got a security clearance. now, you would think to make a charge like that for sitting members of congress to make a charge like that, that they would have some actual evidence, right? you would think that. but the truth is they don t have any direct evidence. what they have are allegations of past connections of relatives of hers that are tenuous best. keith has called for bachmann to produce credible evidence. so bachmann produced a 16 page letter she sent to the stay with me now, because we re going to walk you through the logic she lays out in this particular case. she says the mother, brother and late father are connected to
inspectors general for five different government security agencies. the last 24 hours we ve been digging into one of their most serious claims. they point fingers at this woman. secretary of state hillary clinton s deputy chief of staff. implying that she may be somehow working on behalf of the muslim brotherhood and questioning how she got a security clearance. you would think to make a charge like that, for sitting members of congress to make a charge like that that they would have some actual evidence, right? you would think that. the truth is they don t have any direct evidence. what they have are allegations of past connections of relatives of hers that are tenuous at best. a congressman has called for bachmann to produce credible evidence. bachmann produced a 16-page letter she sent to the congressman. stay with me now. because we re going to walk you through the logic she lays out in this particular case. bachmann says that huma abedin s mother, brother and late father
inspectors general for five different government security agencies. we ve been digging into one of their most serious claims. they point finger, at this woman, huma abedin, secretary of state hillary clinton s deputy chief of staff. implying she may somehow be working on behalf of the muslim brotherhood. and questioning how she got a security clearance. now, you would think to make a charge like that for sitting members of congress to make a charge like that, that they would have some actual evidence, right? you would think that. but the truth is they don t have any direct evidence. what they have are allegations of past connections of relatives of hers that are tenuous best. keith has called for bachmann to produce credible evidence. so bachmann produced a 16 page letter she sent to the stay with me now, because we re going to walk you through the logic she lays out in this particular case. she says the mother, brother and late father are connected to the muslim brotherhood.