Heres why Obama admin put Abdul El-Sayeds sister-in-law on terror watch list as Senate hopeful claims she did nothing wrong

WASHINGTON — Far-left Michigan Senate hopeful Abdul El-Sayed is insisting that his sister-in-law “did nothing wrong” amid revelations that she was supposedly placed on a terrorist watchlist by the Obama administration over a decade ago.Mariam Jukaku, the sister of El-Sayed’s wife, was a plaintiff in a 2016 lawsuit involving her and more than a dozen others who were placed on a federal Terrorism Screening Database.“She did nothing wrong and was captured on that and then sued and got off,” El-Sayed told Fox News when asked Saturday night.While the federal government typically refrains from confirming or denying whether someone is on a terror watchlist or why, Jukaku was a plaintiff in a suit championed by attorneys with the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR).In 2012, while she was attempting to board a flight out of Detroit Metropolitan Airport, Jukaku had her boarding pass stamped with the “SSSS” or Secondary Security Screening Selection designation, “indicating that she had been designated as a ‘known or suspected terrorist,'” according to the suit.“While passing through security, she was subjected to extensive searches, pat-downs and chemical testing,” she added.

Being on a terror watchlist doesn’t indicate someone committed a crime.Although the exact reason for her alleged placement on the federal Terrorism Screening Database wasn’t specified, Jukaku was an editor at the University of California, Los Angeles’ Al-Talib, according to the Los Angeles Times and Daily Bruin.Three key advertisers for the publication were allegedly “shut down” by the feds due to suspected terrorist ties, according to the report.Jukaku was described as being outspoken about that at the time.

In 2007, Jukaku also had a run-in with law enforcement while in grad school at Syracuse University over her decision to take pictures of federal facilities, the Federalist reported.The 2016 lawsuit was a class action case against Uncle Sam, seeking damag...