Abdul El-Sayed pledges Senate subpoenas to investigate Trump administration
Michigan Democratic nominee says Democrats would use majority powers to hold officials accountable if elected
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Abdul El-Sayed
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What this story says
- Abdul El-Sayed is the Democratic nominee for Michigan’s U.S. Senate seat in the 2026 election.
- El-Sayed said Democrats would use subpoena power to investigate the Trump administration if they regain a Senate majority.
- He named RFK Jr. as an example of someone he would call to testify, citing public health policy concerns.
- The Republican nominee El-Sayed faces is former Michigan Rep. Mike Rogers.
Who covered it
Percentages are shares of the 7 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. Coverage measured .
Trust
42/100
Craft
51/100
Hype
41/100
7 sources · methodology
Thin on the left so far
None of the 7 outlets with a published leaning rating that ran this story are rated left.
This story is still being watched, so it is a count and not yet a finding. Coverage keeps arriving for hours after an event, and a side that has published nothing this morning may publish by tonight. If it is still true when we stop checking, we will say so plainly.
Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic nominee for Michigan’s U.S. Senate seat, said Democrats would use subpoena power to investigate the Trump administration if the party regains a Senate majority in the 2026 elections. El-Sayed made the remarks during an interview on CNN’s "State of the Union" on 10 August 2026.
El-Sayed told host Jake Tapper that Democrats should "start holding the Trump administration accountable" by using the powers of a Senate majority, including subpoenas. He said this would involve "hauling up people like RFK Jr." to investigate what he described as the administration’s use of power for personal gain. El-Sayed also mentioned plans to address corporate accountability, antitrust policy, and tax reform if Democrats win control.
El-Sayed’s Republican opponent in the general election is former Michigan Rep. Mike Rogers. El-Sayed’s campaign did not respond to a request for comment from the Daily Caller News Foundation.
What the coverage left out
No left- or centre-rated outlet ran this story. None of the right-rated digests mentioned El-Sayed’s endorsement by Bernie Sanders or his background as an epidemiologist.
Still developing. We have re-checked which outlets are covering this 5 times, most recently on 11 Aug 2026, 05:30, and will add the sides that appear.
How each side covered it
Our own reading of the reporting listed below, written from the outlets’ articles rather than quoted from them. The reasoning is set out on our methodology page.
Left
0 rated outlets
No outlet rated left has run this story so far. We are still checking, and will say plainly if that does not change.
Centre
1 rated outlet
We have not written our reading of the centre coverage of this story. The centre-rated outlets that ran it are listed below.
Right
6 rated outlets
- All six right-rated digests and the single full report led on El-Sayed’s pledge to use subpoena power to investigate the Trump administration. The digests carried his statement that Democrats would "haul up people like RFK Jr." to hold the administration "accountable."
- The full report published by WND quoted El-Sayed’s language directly: "hauling them up," "holding them accountable," and "laying the runway" for future policy changes. The report also included El-Sayed’s reference to "DOGE-ing of our public health apparatus" and his criticism of the Trump administration’s tariff policies.
- None of the digests mentioned El-Sayed’s broader policy proposals, such as antitrust enforcement or taxing billionaires, though the WND report carried those details.
Read it at the source
7 outlets, grouped by the leaning a published rating gives them. Every headline links to the original; an underlined outlet name opens our profile of that publisher.
Left
0No outlet in this group ran the story.
Centre
1Right
6- U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed outlines laying ‘runway’ by ‘hauling up people’ to hold Trump officials ‘accountable’ * WorldNetDaily * by Spencer Lombardo, Daily Caller News Foundation (opens WND in a new tab)
- Abdul El-Sayed Outlines Laying ‘Runway’ by ‘Hauling up People’ to Hold Trump Admin ‘Accountable’ (opens ussanews.com in a new tab)
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- Michigan Senate Nominee El-Sayed Outlines Plans To Investigate Trump Administration - Tampa Free Press (opens The Free Press (Tampa) in a new tab)
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- Dem Senate Candidate Outlines Laying ‘Runway’ By ‘Hauling Up People’ To Hold Trump Admin ‘Accountable’ (opens The Daily Caller in a new tab)
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- Dem Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed outlines laying ‘runway’ by ‘hauling up people’ to hold trump admin ‘accountable’ (opens Bizpac Review in a new tab)
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- Dem Michigan Senate Candidate Abdul El-Sayed Outlines Laying ‘Runway’ By ‘Hauling Up People’ To Hold Trump Admin ‘Accountable’ (opens Independent Journal Review in a new tab)
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0No outlet in this group ran the story.
Questions about this coverage
- How did the left and right cover Abdul El-Sayed pledges Senate subpoenas to investigate Trump…?
- Of the 7 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 0% are rated left, 14% are rated centre, 86% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.
- Is Abdul El-Sayed pledges Senate subpoenas to investigate Trump… left or right?
- Too few of the outlets on this story carry a published leaning rating to say. 7 of them do, and this site does not characterise a field under 12: at that size one newsroom filing moves the share by ten points. The percentages above are the count as it stands.
- Is the coverage of Abdul El-Sayed pledges Senate subpoenas to investigate Trump… biased?
- Abdul El-Sayed pledges Senate subpoenas to investigate Trump administration is one event reported by 7 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.
- Which side is not reporting Abdul El-Sayed pledges Senate subpoenas to investigate Trump…?
- When we first saw this story, outlets rated left had barely covered it. Coverage accretes for hours after an event, so that is where to look rather than a verdict — the split above is the current count, and it is the one to read.
- Which outlets covered Abdul El-Sayed pledges Senate subpoenas to investigate Trump…?
- 7 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.
- What did Abdul El-Sayed say about investigating the Trump administration?
- El-Sayed said Democrats would use subpoena power to investigate the Trump administration if they regain a Senate majority in 2026. He told CNN he would "haul up people like RFK Jr." to hold officials accountable for policies he criticised, including public health and tariff decisions. The remarks were reported by right-rated outlets.
- Who is Abdul El-Sayed’s Republican opponent in the Michigan Senate race?
- Abdul El-Sayed’s Republican opponent is former Michigan Rep. Mike Rogers. The general election for Michigan’s U.S. Senate seat will take place in November 2026. El-Sayed won the Democratic primary on 5 August 2026.
- Which outlets reported on El-Sayed’s remarks about subpoena power?
- Six right-rated outlets reported on El-Sayed’s remarks, including WND, which published a full article. No left- or centre-rated outlet carried the story. The right-rated reports focused on his pledge to investigate the Trump administration using subpoena power.
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