Mike Rogers, former chairman of the House Intelligence Committee and Republican Senate candidate from Michigan, implied in a fundraising email that he had personally seen Osama bin Laden's body. This is false.
In a message to his donors, Mike Rogers wrote that he had "dedicated his life to protecting American families, working behind the scenes, hunting down terrorists, and standing on the front lines of national security." This statement, placed in the context of his career as a U.S. Army officer and later as an FBI special agent, suggests direct involvement in the operation that led to the death of the Al-Qaeda leader, killed during a U.S. military raid on his compound in Pakistan in 2011.
The contents of this email were made public by Azi Paybarah, a former Washington Post journalist now affiliated with Straight Arrow News, who shared a screenshot of it online.
However, Rogers did not see Osama Bin Laden's body with his own eyes, as he himself has claimed. He had access to a photograph of the corpse, which is a significantly different reality from what his public statements suggested.
The Republican candidate is vying for the vacant Michigan Senate seat, facing off against, among others, Abdul El-Sayed. This revelation comes as the Senate race in that state is being closely watched nationally.
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