Former Michigan Rep. and delegate to the U.N. Mark Siljander was sentenced to a year and a day in federal prison for lobbying on behalf of an Islamic charity that turned out to have ties to terrorists.“I did something wrong,” Siljander said in the sentencing hearing Wednesday, the Associated Press reports. “I mistreated the system I believe in. I mistreated my family and friends. I should have known better. I failed too many people, including myself and my family. I ask for your mercy.”
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