Adam Hamawy runs for Congress in New Jersey's 12th District
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Updated · The Wall Street Journal · May 7
Adam Hamawy runs for Congress in New Jersey's 12th District
3 articles · Updated · The Wall Street Journal · May 7
The Democratic candidate is the top fundraiser in a 13-person race to succeed retiring Representative Bonnie Watson Coleman.
A Wall Street Journal opinion article by former US attorney general Michael Mukasey says Hamawy testified for Omar Abdel Rahman at the cleric's 1995 trial.
Mukasey wrote that Hamawy had translated for and travelled with Abdel Rahman, who was later convicted in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing conspiracy case.
A decorated war hero once testified for a convicted terrorist. How should voters interpret this complex personal history?
With global terror threats rising, what does a candidate's past association with extremists signal about future security decisions?