Former Rep. Mark Siljander (R-MI) will be in court today for a plea hearing on charges of money laundering, conspiracy and obstruction of justice in connection with his alleged ties to an international terrorism ring. The trial is set to begin next Monday.Siljander was indicted in January 2008 by a federal grand jury for allegedly receiving money from the now-defunct Islamic American Relief Agency, a group that the Treasury Department, in 2004, put on a list of charities that fund suspected terrorists.
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