Osama Siblani, the founder and publisher of the Dearborn-based Arab American News, is suing former Republican candidate Mike Rogers and his campaign for defamation, alleging he was falsely portrayed in the closing days of the contentious U.S. Senate race in Michigan as hostile toward American Jews, supportive of terrorism and Hamas, and responsible for getting candidate Abdul El-Sayed hundreds of thousands of dollars in contributions.
“These individuals and organizations attempted to deceive Michigan voters by spreading outrageous and false allegations about me,” Siblani said in a YouTube video posted on the Arab American News website.
The 19-page lawsuit, filed by Detroit attorney James P. Allen Sr. in Wayne County Circuit Court on Wednesday, says the defendants were responsible for falsehoods in publications, campaign commercials and social media, including a claim that Siblani said American Jews should go back to Poland…