indicted on 42 federal charges
Reported by Donna - Wed 6:00 PM
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You might want to check your facts. Siljander wasn't indicted on 42 counts.
Liar.
Eh?WASHINGTON - A former congressman and delegate to the United Nations was indicted Wednesday on charges of working for an alleged terrorist fundraising ring that sent more than $130,000 to an al-Qaida supporter who has threatened U.S. and international troops in Afghanistan.
Mark Deli Siljander, a Michigan Republican when he was in the House, was charged with money laundering, conspiracy and obstructing justice for allegedly lying about being hired to lobby senators on behalf of an Islamic charity that authorities said was secretly sending funds to terrorists.
The 42-count indictment, unsealed in U.S. District Court in Kansas City, Mo., 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.
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
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The 42 count indictment named a total of five defendants. Not every defendant, though, was charged on each of the 42 counts. Siljander, if I recall correctly, was charged on eight counts.
This was a good catch. There were 6 indictments..I know because I called the Court to find out.
The shame is that AP and CNN, unlike the LA Times and Newsweek, used the 42 counts to sensationalize the story. They never make it clear that most of the indictments focus on the charity and its former officers. The 42 counts linked to a congressman makes a "better" story but the truth, the public and the congressman suffer.
I am going to write this up for http://www.Stinkyjournalism.org, our media ethics publication at Art Science Research Laboratory http://www.asrlab.org
Thanks! I will cite the tip.
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