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Isabel Keane

CBS insiders say staff want to see reporter fired for political post ripping Michigan Democrat

CBS News chief legal correspondent Jan Crawford is facing calls to be fired after a controversial social media post about Abdul El-Sayed - (Getty Images)

CBS News chief legal correspondent Jan Crawford will not face consequences following a controversial social media post about Democratic Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed — as internal calls for her firing swell.

On Sunday, the veteran journalist tweeted praise for a heckler who was asking El-Sayed, who is Muslim, to disavow the Muslim Brotherhood, repeating the smear campaign of El-Sayed’s opponent, Republican Mike Rogers.

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