Egypt’s military-led government has announced it will put 19 Americans and two dozen others on trial over the foreign funding of non-governmental organizations. Many of the Americans work for three groups that receive government funding: the International Republican Institute, the National Democratic Institute and Freedom House. Egypt’s IRI office is headed by Sam LaHood, son of Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood. The IRI and NDI have long been accused of meddling in foreign affairs. Ahead of the 2004 coup in Haiti, the IRI held trainings in the Dominican Republic and Miami for Haitians who later took part in the coup that ousted the president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide.