Exclusive | NJ congressional candidate Adam Hamawy ‘lied’ in court to protect ‘Blind Sheikh,’ incited 1993 World Trade Center bombing: Watchdog group

Nypost · Jun 01, 2026 · 917 words · By Isabel Vincent

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World News exclusive NJ congressional candidate Adam Hamawy ‘lied’ in court to protect ‘Blind Sheikh,’ incited 1993 World Trade Center bombing: Watchdog group See more of our coverage in your search results.

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Add The New York Post on GoogleA former combat medic running for Congress lied under oath as a defense witness for Omar Abdel Rahman aka “the Blind Sheikh,” who incited the World Trade Center bombing in 1993, a watchdog group claims.

Common ground

Adam Hamawy, 56, an Egyptian-born physician and former Army trauma surgeon, is the leading candidate in Tuesday’s primary for New Jersey’s 12th Congressional District, backed by streamer Hasan Piker and left-wing senator Bernie Sanders.

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The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Name Calling / Labeling, Guilt by Association: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 13 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Adam Hamawy, 56, an Egyptian-born physician and former Army trauma surgeon, is the leading candidate in Tuesday’s primary for New Jersey’s 12th Congressional District”

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Multiple independent sources (nj.com, Al Jazeera, and Wikipedia) confirm Adam Hamawy is an Egyptian-born physician, former Army trauma/combat surgeon, and a candidate/winner in New Jersey's 12th Congressional District primary.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Adam Hisham Hamawy (born 1969/1970) is an American politician, former plastic surgeon, combat surgeon and U.S. Army physician. He specializes in both cosmetic and reconstructive procedures at his prac…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Hamawy

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Gaza war has disproportionately affected children, who make up about 40% of the population of the Gaza Strip. In November 2023, UN Secretary General António Guterres warned that "Gaza is becoming …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effect_of_the_Gaza_war_on_chil…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of notable Egyptian Americans, including both original immigrants who obtained American citizenship and their American descendants. To be included in this list, the person must have a …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Egyptian_Americans

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Claim 2: “he then admitted Abdel Rahman had spoken about jihad — an Arabic term often interpreted as Holy War — but claimed it was taken out of context”

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The detail regarding his admission about jihad being taken out of context is not corroborated by multiple independent sources in the provided snippets.

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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 1, 2026 ... ... the stand for the defense in the largest terrorism trial in American history. He greeted the defendant, Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman — the Egyptian.
https://www.investigativeproject.org/9452/the-defense-witnes…

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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 5, 2026 ... Adam Hamawy served as a defense witness for Omar Abdel-Rahman, the Blind Sheikh behind the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.
https://www.facebook.com/lawler4ny/posts/adam-hamawy-served-…

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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 1, 2026 ... A former combat medic running for Congress lied under oath as a defense witness for Omar Abdel Rahman aka “the Blind Sheikh,” who incited ...
https://nypost.com/2026/06/01/world-news/nj-congress-candida…

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Claim 3: “Abdel-Rahman also called on his followers to target Hosni Mubarak, the then-president of Egypt.”

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Wikipedia's entry on the '1993 New York City landmark bomb plot' confirms that one goal of the plot was to create a distraction to assassinate Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, supporting the claim that Abdel-Rahman's followers/plots targeted him.

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Claim 4: “At the terrorist’s 1995 trial for inciting the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center, which killed six, Hamawy was a witness for his defense.”

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Multiple sources (Hidabroot, and other news reports) explicitly state that Adam Hamawy served as a defense witness for Omar Abdel-Rahman during his 1995 trial related to the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 1993 New York City landmark bomb plot was a planned attack on well-known landmark targets throughout New York City, with one goal of being to cause a distraction that would create an opportunity t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1993_New_York_City_landmark_bo…

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web search NEUTRAL — Adam Hishan Hamawy (born 1969/1970) is an American plastic surgeon and former combat surgeon. He specializes in both cosmetic and reconstructive procedures at his practice in Princeton, New Jersey.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Hamawy

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Claim 5: “When asked if he’d ever heard Abdel Rahman speak about jihad against America, he replied: “No, not against America,””

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The specific quote 'No, not against America' is not corroborated by multiple independent sources in the provided evidence, though his role as a witness is well-documented.

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web search NEUTRAL — He had met Abdel Rahman in 1991 in New Jersey and shared a ride with him to a conference in Detroit that year, named “Towards a Global Islamic Economy,” according to a court transcript.
https://nypost.com/2026/06/01/world-news/nj-congress-candida…

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web search NEUTRAL — Hamawy told prosecutors he had heard Nofal speak on further occasions after the Detroit conference. The documentary also includes footage from the conference Hamawy attended.
https://freebeacon.com/democrats/new-jersey-dem-congressiona…

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Claim 6: “Hamawy was never charged with perjury or faced other repercussions over his testimony.”

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No evidence was provided in the search results regarding whether Hamawy was charged with perjury or faced other legal repercussions.

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Claim 7: “Hamawy — who has never been accused of wrongdoing in relation to the bombing — testified that the subject of the conference was economics of the Middle East.”

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While multiple sources confirm he testified for the defense, the specific detail that he testified the subject was 'economics of the Middle East' is not explicitly repeated across multiple independent sources in the provided snippets, though it is implied in the context of the 'Global Islamic Economy' conference.

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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 1, 2026 ... He greeted the defendant, Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman — the Egyptian cleric whose followers had bombed the World Trade Center two years earlier — ...
https://www.investigativeproject.org/9452/the-defense-witnes…

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Claim 8: “He also served in the Army Medical Corps during the Iraq war and helped to save the life of former Army pilot and US Senator Tammy Duckworth, after her helicopter was shot down in November 2004.”

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Claim 9: “He had met Abdel Rahman in 1991 in New Jersey and shared a ride with him to a conference in Detroit that year, named “Towards a Global Islamic Economy,””

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Two separate web search results explicitly mention that Hamawy met Abdel Rahman in 1991 in New Jersey and shared a ride to a Detroit conference titled 'Towards a Global Islamic Economy'.

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web search NEUTRAL — Hamawy and Abdel-Rahman met in 1991 when the Islamist firebrand delivered a lecture at Matawan-Aberdeen Middle School in Cliffwood, N.J. From there, the Egyptian-born Hamawy said, he followed the Blin…
https://freebeacon.com/democrats/new-jersey-dem-congressiona…

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Claim 10: “Hamawy is seeking to succeed retiring Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman in the Congressional race.”

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Claim 11: “Hamawy, a plastic surgeon, recently completed volunteer work as a doctor in Gaza, Haiti and Sudan.”

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Claim 12: “The speech was entitled “The Best Way of Supporting Jihad,” and included lines such as: “We must preserve our land and defend it through jihad in the path of Allah.””

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The specific title of the speech and the quoted lines are not corroborated by multiple independent sources in the provided evidence.

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web search NEUTRAL — Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman (Arabic: عمر عبد الرحمن ) commonly known in the United States as "The Blind Sheikh", was a blind Egyptian Islamist and jihadist ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omar_Abdel-Rahman

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Claim 13: “backed by streamer Hasan Piker and left-wing senator Bernie Sanders”

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The Guardian reports endorsements from Bernie Sanders, AOC, and Ilhan Omar. Another source mentions 'big-name support on the left'. While Hasan Piker is not explicitly named in the provided snippets, the general support from the left is corroborated across multiple reports.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 United States House of Representatives elections in California will be held on November 3, 2026, to elect the 52 U.S. representatives from the State of California, one from each of the state'…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_United_States_House_of_Re…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 United States House of Representatives elections in New Jersey will be held on November 3, 2026, to elect the 12 U.S. representatives from the State of New Jersey, one from all 12 of the stat…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_United_States_House_of_Re…

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web search NEUTRAL — May 31, 2026 · Frontrunner Adam Hamawy has gone from political nobody to endorsements from Bernie Sanders, AOC and Ilhan Omar.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1395176285968613

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