Unraveling the alleged (and nonexistent) tie between Huma Abedin and the Muslim Brotherhood At The Fact Checker, we always say the best fact-checks are like detective work, where you trace the origin of talking points and who said what in the ensuing game of telephone. We unraveled a claim this week that was like mapping out a case of six degrees of separation: Allegations that Huma Abedin, longtime Clinton aide, has ties to the Muslim Brotherhood and was editor of a “Sharia newspaper.” Our extensive fact-check has all the details, so check it out here. The summary below will give you an idea of the flimsy body of evidence. Abedin is associated with a peer-reviewed academic journal exploring the rights of minority Muslims, edited by her mother and founded by her late father. (It’s not a “Sharia newspaper.”) In 1978, Abedin’s father founded a think tank that published the journal. The think tank had the support of Abdullah Omar Naseef, then-president of a university. Naseef later became secretary-general of the Muslim World League, a pan-Islamic nongovernmental organization. In that role, in 1988, Naseef authorized a Pakistani charity which, years later, became associated with al-Qaeda. Meanwhile, Abedin’s mother founded a women and children’s aid organization, which at one point was said to be affiliated with International Islamic Council for Da'wa and Relief, which years later was banned in Israel for allegedly supporting Hamas, a Palestinian offshoot of the Muslim Brotherhood. The allegations are based in vague suggestions of suspicious-sounding connections to her parents that don't pass the laugh test. We awarded Four Pinocchios.  (Courtesy of giphy.com) Enjoy this newsletter? Forward it to someone else who'd like it! If this e-mail was forwarded to you, sign up here for the weekly newsletter. Hear something fact-checkable? Send it here, we’ll check it out. Kudos to Trump for adjusting his talking points! Could it be the Kellyanne Conway effect? This week, we wrote about two problematic claims by Trump — and the talking points were changed the next day. So maybe the credit goes to Trump’s new campaign manager. Trump frequently says “58 percent of black youth are unemployed.” But the official Bureau of Labor Statistics unemployment rate for black youth is 19.2 percent — about one-third of Trump’s figure. Trump’s rate includes students, who are not working and not looking for a job. The BLS definition for “unemployed” — which is internationally accepted — refers to people who are available for work and actively looking for a job, but don’t have one. We awarded Four Pinocchios to his claim. | 
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