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Ex-Michigan congressman among those pardoned by Trump Updated Dec 24, 2020; Posted Dec 24, 2020 Former U.S. Rep. Mark Siljander, who represented Southwest Michigan in the 1980s, is photographed outside of a Kansas City, Missouri, federal courthouse in 2010. (Associated Press file photo) Facebook Share KALAMAZOO, MI – Former Michigan Republican congressman Mark Siljander, who served a one-year prison sentence for obstruction of justice and acting as an unregistered foreign agent, has been pardoned by President Donald Trump. Siljander, who was sentenced to prison in 2010, served six years i...

Siljander served time for charges related to work he did for an Islamic charity that federal authorities had linked to terrorist groups.

Fred Upton 'stunned' by Trump pardon for ex-Michigan congressman Katherine Doyle © Provided by Washington Examiner President Trump's eleventh-hour pardon of a former Michigan congressman accused of accepting stolen funds to lobby on behalf of an alleged terrorist fundraising ring has drawn rebuke from the district's current officeholder. Republican Rep. Fred Upton said he is "beyond disappointed" and "stunned" by the pardon for Mark Siljander, who was indicted on federal charges of money laundering and obstruction of justice more than a decade ago. "I wish the President wou...

He faced charges related to work for Islamic charity that feds linked to terrorist groups. Siljander sentenced to a year in prison for obstruction of justice, failing to register as foreign agent His is one of dozens of pardons and commutations Trump has issued in last days in office YouTube Mark Siljander served time in prison on charges related to work for an Islamic charity that federal offcials linked to terrorist groups. President Donald Trump has pardoned a former Republican congressman from West Michigan who served a year in prison. Mark Siljander, 69, was in U.S. Congress from 1981-...

Former Michigan Congressman Pardoned By President Trump Patch 12/24/2020 Joey Oliver © AP Photo/Patrick Semansky President Donald Trump waves as he boards Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Wednesday. MICHIGAN — A former Michigan congressman who was convicted of obstructing justice and failing to register as a foreign agent was among 29 people granted pardons or clemency on Wednesday by President Donald Trump. Trump granted a full pardon to Mark Siljander, 69, who previously served as a member of Michigan's U.S. House of Representatives from 1981 to 1987. Tr...