- EGYPTMB News
- December 19, 2013
- 3 minutes read
PRESS RELEASE: the Muslim Brotherhood Condemns Fabricated Charges against President Morsi

In a new bid to discredit President Morsi and the senior leadership of the Muslim Brotherhood, prosecutors have alleged trumped-up charges of ‘espionage’ against the accused charging them with “associating" with Hamas, IRGC and Lebanese Hezbollah while they were in the Presidential Office. The people who are being transferred to the criminal court and who could be facing the death penalty are: President Mohammed Morsi, Essam EL-Haddad – Presidential Advisor for Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Rifaat El-Tahtawi – The Presidential Chief of Staff, Asaad Shiekha – The Presidential Vice chief of Staff, Ahmed Abdel-Atti – Director of the President’s Office, Saad El-Katatni – Speaker of the People’s Assembly & Chairman of the Freedom and Justice Party, Essam El-Erian – Vice Chairman of the Freedom and Justice Party, Dr Muhammad Badie – General Guide of the Muslim Brotherhood, Khairat El- Shater – Deputy General Guide of the Muslim Brotherhood, Saad al-Husseini – Governor of Kafr Al-Sheikh, Dr. Mahmoud Ezzat – Member of the Guidance Bureau and 26 other Muslim Brotherhood leaders and members.