{"id":2688600,"date":"2026-10-20T20:18:59","date_gmt":"2026-10-21T00:18:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hidden-camera-catches-democratic-operative-alleging-el-sayed-campaign-has-violated-federal-election-law\/"},"modified":"2026-10-20T20:18:59","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T00:18:59","slug":"hidden-camera-catches-democratic-operative-alleging-el-sayed-campaign-has-violated-federal-election-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hidden-camera-catches-democratic-operative-alleging-el-sayed-campaign-has-violated-federal-election-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Hidden Camera Catches Democratic Operative Alleging El-Sayed Campaign Has Violated Federal Election Law"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhidden-camera-catches-democratic-operative-alleging-el-sayed-campaign-has-violated-federal-election-law%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2688600&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Undercover activist James O\u2019Keefe is at it again.<\/p>\n<p>The covert camera mastermind, whose videos have been targeting progressive political operations going back to the first Obama administration, is putting his stamp on the Michigan Senate race with a video released Monday.<\/p>\n<p>And Democratic candidate Abdul El-Sayed\u2019s campaign can\u2019t be happy about it.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">BREAKING NEWS: Abdul El-Sayed Campaign Official Reveals El-Sayed Receives Overseas Donations, Admits Foreign Contributions Are Illegal Under Federal Law, Warns Denouncing Hamas Could Cost Support \u201cYou know, he [Abdul El-Sayed] has people from overseas that donate to him\u2026No it is not allowed.\u201d \u201cHe [Abdul El Sayed] can\u2019t just say, you know, no, I don\u2019t support Hamas, you know, I reject all of them, because he\u2019s going to lose the people that brought him up in the first place.\u201d @AbdulElSayed @MikeRogersForMI<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 O\u2019Keefe Media Group (@OKeefeMedia) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/OKeefeMedia\/status\/2112283944079036751?\">October 19, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The video featured a Democratic operative identified as Abdoul Beckwith stating that El-Sayed gets funding from overseas donors and candidly admitting that \u201cit\u2019s not allowed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>O\u2019Keefe cited a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.cornell.edu\/uscode\/text\/52\/30121\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">section of federal law<\/a> that explicitly prohibits a \u201cforeign national\u201d from donating \u201cmoney or other thing of value\u201d to any candidate in a federal, state, or local election in the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>But according to an O\u2019Keefe Media Group account, Beckwith said there are ways around that:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">We went undercover inside Michigan U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed\u2019s campaign, capturing conversations with Abdoul Beckwith, a regional field organizer for Abdul for Senate, discussing El-Sayed\u2019s overseas campaign contributions, Hamas, and the Muslim Brotherhood.<\/p>\n<p>Beckwith\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 O\u2019Keefe Media Group (@OKeefeMedia) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/OKeefeMedia\/status\/2112283947745034630?\">October 19, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In a part of the conversation that apparently took place off camera, according to a post OMG published, Beckwith described \u201ca hypothetical arrangement in which overseas money passes through a family member.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBeckwith said, \u2018And then people overseas give money to him. And then he gives money to you. It\u2019s that type of thing,&#8217;\u201d the <a href=\"https:\/\/okeefemediagroup.com\/abdul-el-sayed-campaign-undercover-investigation-abdoul-beckwith\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">OMG report<\/a> said. \u201cHe added, \u2018Everybody does it!&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The video\u2019s publication had a virtually instantaneous response, with the El-Sayed campaign issuing a statement to OMG denying any connection to Beckwith. It also called Beckwith\u2019s comments \u201cuntrue, wildly misinformed and not reflective of the campaign.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Official Statement from @AbdulElSayed\u2019s Team https:\/\/t.co\/mvqXPxnShN<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 James O\u2019Keefe (@JamesOKeefeIII) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JamesOKeefeIII\/status\/2112299596273574225?\">October 19, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/> And the Michigan Democratic Party issued a statement announcing that Beckwith is no longer employed by it:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">JUST IN: The Michigan Democratic Party has announced Abdoul Beckwith has been terminated from his position. @MichiganDems https:\/\/t.co\/ahrJjueVNZ<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 James O\u2019Keefe (@JamesOKeefeIII) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JamesOKeefeIII\/status\/2112292829263536150?\">October 19, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Beckwith clearly has some time in working for Democrats \u2014 as well as some previous experience with O\u2019Keefe\u2019s operations. He described to the individual who made the video working on the Georgia Senate runoff campaign in 2020 when it was targeted by Project Veritas, the undercover video operation O\u2019Keefe founded and led until he was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-james-okeefe-project-veritas-claims-board-stripped-authority\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">removed from the organization<\/a> in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>(Democrats <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-media-outlets-declare-democrat-jon-ossoff-winner-crucial-georgia-senate-runoff\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jon Ossoff<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-warnock-makes-history-senate-win-dems-near-majority\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Raphael Warnock<\/a> won both runoff elections in 2021.)<\/p>\n<p>The videos did not say where the purported overseas money was coming from, but Beckwith was recorded speaking at some length about why El-Sayed has been unable to denounce the terrorist group Hamas. It would, Beckwith said, \u201close the people that brought him up in the first place.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The implication, at least, of the collective statements \u2014 and others, where Beckwith bashes Jews and \u201cwhite people\u201d around El-Sayed \u2014 is that El-Sayed is receiving contributions from Hamas supporters, or at least sympathizers, which could mean donors from the Middle East or European countries where pro-Palestinian (and anti-Israel) feelings run high.<\/p>\n<p>Near the end of the video, O\u2019Keefe promised a new round of upcoming footage that he said showed the reaction at El-Sayed election headquarters in Detroit to an O\u2019Keefe Media Group visit last week for comment on the Beckwith report.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere was an assault against our news organization from Abdoul Beckwith, and we were placed in imminent harm,\u201d O\u2019Keefe said.<\/p>\n<p>He said he\u2019d filed a report with the Detroit police.<\/p>\n<p>O\u2019Keefe has been known as a kind of gadfly \u2014 a kind of gadfly that stings \u2014 for progressive organizations since 2009, when he and a young woman posing as a prostitute <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wwltv.com\/article\/news\/local\/how-the-acorn-pimp-and-hooker-videos-came-to-be\/289-347967073\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">published a series of videos<\/a> that ended up destroying the leftist organization known as ACORN (the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now).<\/p>\n<p>Since then, both with Project Veritas and independently, O\u2019Keefe has produced undercover videos hitting leftist targets such as then-Democrat <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/sinema-claims-not-know-staffer-okeefe-video-maybe-pic-will-refresh-memory\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kyrsten Sinema\u2019s Senate campaign<\/a> in 2018, Vermont socialist Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/bernies-iowa-team-lockdown-embarrassing-video-goes-viral\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bernie Sanders\u2019 presidential campaign<\/a> in 2020, the disastrous \u201ctrans\u201d influencer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/james-okeefe-confronts-bud-lights-dylan-mulvaney-trans-activist-comes-womens-bathroom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dylan Mulvaney in 2023<\/a>, and a gay Pentagon staffer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/pentagon-official-told-james-okeefe-undercover-gay-date-planned-subvert-trumps-policies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">caught on camera<\/a> this year admitting he was subverting President Donald Trump\u2019s policies in hope of reversing them completely when a Democrat is back in the Oval Office.<\/p>\n<p>(There were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/fed-cracker-state-disaster-gillum-camp-hate-state-secretly-recorded\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">many more<\/a>, as well as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/fed-cracker-state-disaster-gillum-camp-hate-state-secretly-recorded\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">some controversies.<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>With only two weeks to go before the Nov. 3 midterm elections, the impact of O\u2019Keefe\u2019s latest effort on the Michigan Senate race remains to be seen, but it\u2019s clear the El-Sayed campaign isn\u2019t happy about it.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f7f7f7; 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The covert camera mastermind, whose videos have been targeting progressive political operations going back to the first Obama administration, is putting his stamp on the Michigan Senate race with a video released Monday. And Democratic candidate Abdul El-Sayed\u2019s campaign can\u2019t be happy about it. 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