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The Daily Beast Latest Articles | SPLC Demands Retraction in Fiery Response to Trump Goon by Josh Fiallo

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The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) has sharply rebuked Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, accusing him of lying on a Fox News interview when he claimed the nonprofit does not share information from its extremist informant network with law‑enforcement, and demanding a public retraction. In a federal filing, the SPLC said the Department of Justice knows that its confidential informants have helped place violent extremists in jail and that Blanche’s “prejudicial” statement could taint a jury pool and jeopardize its right to a fair trial. The filing follows a grand‑jury indictment returned on April 21 that charges the SPLC with wire and bank fraud, money‑laundering conspiracy, and false statements to banks, allegations the organization disputes, asserting that its informant program has successfully prevented threats, stopped criminal activity and saved lives. The SPLC has asked the DOJ to correct Blanche’s remarks and to cease making further false or misleading statements about the case.

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SPLC Demands Retraction in Fiery Response to Trump Goon

The nonprofit has been accused of funneling millions to informants in extremist groups without informing law enforcement of their findings.

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The Bad Place Apr 23

Salon.com | SPLC indictment lends support to hate groups by Austin Sarat

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The Justice Department, led by acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, announced an indictment against the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), accusing it of wire fraud, false statements to a federally‑insured bank, and conspiracy to conceal money laundering tied to the group’s use of paid informants. Blanche framed the move as a crackdown on an organization he claims “manufactures racism” and has become a partisan “smear machine,” positioning the case as part of his broader campaign to prove loyalty to former President Donald Trump and to target perceived political adversaries. The SPLC, founded in 1971 to combat hate groups and civil‑rights violations, has a 55‑year record of securing multimillion‑dollar judgments against white‑supremacist organizations, supporting LGBTQ and disability rights, and developing the widely used “Teaching Tolerance” curriculum. In recent years, conservatives have attacked the SPLC for labeling right‑wing groups as hate or extremist and for its controversial “hate map,” leading FBI Director Kash Patel to sever the bureau’s partnership with the center. The indictment, the second major assault on the SPLC by the Trump administration, reflects a pattern of using fraud charges against opponents, echoing historic governmental attempts to suppress civil‑rights groups, and raises concerns that weakening the SPLC could remove a critical barrier against hate‑motivated violence targeting Black, brown, immigrant, LGBTQ, and disabled communities.

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SPLC indictment lends support to hate groups

For decades, the Southern Poverty Law Center has fought hate. Now the Justice Department wants it to stop

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The Bad Place Apr 22

US Top News and Analysis | DOJ charges Southern Poverty Law Center with fraud over secret funding of extremist groups

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The U.S. Department of Justice announced a 11‑count indictment against the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), accusing the civil‑rights nonprofit of secretly financing right‑wing extremist groups it purported to monitor. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said a grand jury in the Middle District of Alabama charged the SPLC with six counts of wire fraud, four counts of bank fraud and one count of money‑laundering, alleging the organization paid informants to provoke racial hatred rather than dismantle the groups. SPLC CEO Bryan Fair confirmed the group is under a criminal probe, noting the investigation appears focused on the SPLC’s past use of paid confidential informants to collect intelligence on violent extremist groups.

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The Bad Place Apr 22

PBS NewsHour - The Latest | WATCH: Justice Department charges SPLC with fraud over paid informant program by Collin Binkley, Associated Press, Alanna Durkin Richer, Associated Press, Rebecca Boone, Associated Press

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The Justice Department indicted the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) on federal fraud, wire‑fraud, bank‑fraud and money‑laundering charges, alleging the civil‑rights nonprofit illegally raised millions of donor dollars and used at least $3 million between 2014 and 2023 to pay informants who infiltrated the Ku Klux Klan, United Klans of America, National Socialist and other extremist groups; prosecutors say the payments, funneled through secret bank accounts and prepaid cards, funded the very hatred the SPLC claimed to combat. The indictment details a covert program dating back to the 1980s that paid nine unnamed informants—one over $1 million—while the SPLC maintained that the operation was essential for monitoring violent threats and protecting lives. SPLC CEO Bryan Fair vowed a vigorous defense, and the case has become a flashpoint in the broader partisan battle, with Republicans portraying the organization as a left‑wing target and critics raising concerns that the DOJ is being used as a political weapon.

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WATCH: Justice Department charges SPLC with fraud over paid informant program

The Southern Poverty Law Center was indicted Tuesday on federal fraud charges alleging it improperly raised millions of dollars to pay informants to infiltrate the Ku Klux Klan and other extremist groups, acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said.

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