Ex-congressman terrorism funding indictment [US DOJ]

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Ex-congressman terrorism funding indictment [US DOJ]

January 16, 2008 08:25:00 pm

US v. Islamic American Relief Agency et al., United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri, January 16, 2008 [indicting Mark Deli Siljander, a former Republican US congressman from Michigan and US representative to the United Nations, for conspiracy to commit money laundering, money laundering, obstruction of justice, and forfeiture]. Read the full text of the indictment [PDF]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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