No, Sen.-elect Abdul El-Sayed Was Not "Denied a Security Clearance." There's No Such Check.
A viral post says Michigan's senator-elect failed a Senate security clearance over "Muslim Brotherhood ties." Senators don't go through a clearance check, and the post started on a self-described comedy account. It's the newest chapter in an old playbook.
FACT CHECK: A viral post says Trump’s side has ‘already done’ every step to overturn the midterms. About half of it holds up.
A post spreading online lays out a path from a midterm loss to Congress refusing to seat Democrats, and says it has all happened before. We checked every step. Several have real precedents. The most dramatic ones do not.