Bachmann leveraged conspiracy claims to attack Hillary Clinton’s Muslim aide

Evidence

Falsely charging that Ms. Abedin had ties to Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood, Bachmann questioned whether she was part of a nefarious “Muslim Mafia” conspiracy to harm the United States by influencing US foreign policy. — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 322

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to Iftikhar’s broader thesis in other chapters and to conspiracy-theory literature on the Muslim Brotherhood scare.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 322