| Today, former Michigan Congressional Representative Mark Siljander was indicted on 42 counts of money laundering, conspiracy and obstruction of justice charges. There's also some lying and oh, yeah, TERRORISM in there too. To add insult to injury, it appears that he paid himself with stolen U.S. AID funds that were intended to help developing nations. From CNN: The former Republican congressman from Michigan, Mark Deli Siljander, was charged with money laundering, conspiracy and obstructing justice for allegedly lying about lobbying senators on behalf of an Islamic charity that authorities said was secretly sending funds to terrorists. A 42-count indictment, unsealed in U.S. District Court in Kansas City, Missouri, accuses the Islamic American Relief Agency of paying Siljander $50,000 for the lobbying -- money that turned out to be stolen from the U.S. Agency for International Development.
DHinMI has a post up over at the Great Orange Satan. Prior to serving in Congress, Siljander graduated from Western Michigan University and served in the Michigan House for 4 years. He was a Reagan appointee to the U.N. after losing his seat in a primary battle to U.S. Representative Fred Upton who currently holds the seat. My, how the mighty have fallen. |
