The indictment, which was handed up by a federal grand jury in Alabama, charges the organization with 11 BS counts, including bank fraud, wire fraud, & conspiracy to commit money laundering.

#ToddBlanche told reporters Tuesday that between 2014 & 2023 #SPLC paid at least $3 million to 8 people, including affiliates of the #KuKluxKlan & #Nazi parties in the #US.

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Southern Poverty Law Center indicted over alleged use of paid informants in #extremist groups

The #SPLC was indicted Tuesday over a discontinued program that used paid confidential informants to penetrate white supremacist & other organizations, Acting Attorney General #ToddBlanche announced.

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The #SPLC came under fresh scrutiny after the murder last year of conservative activist Charlie Kirk brought renewed attention to its characterization of the group that Kirk founded & led. The SPLC included a section on that group, Turning Point USA, in a report titled “The Year in #Hate & #Extremism 2024” that [rightly] described the group as “A Case Study of the Hard Right in 2024.”

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The Southern Poverty Law Center has faced intense criticism from #conservatives, who have accused it of unfairly maligning right-wing organizations as #extremist groups because of their viewpoints [you know the viewpoints of — #WhiteSupremacy #MaleSupremacy #heterosexism #WhiteChristianNationalism etc]. The #SPLC regularly condemns #Trump’s rhetoric & policies around #VotingRights, #immigration & other issues.

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The investigation could add to concerns that the #Trump Republican admin is using the #DOJ to go after #conservative opponents & his critics. It follows a number of other investigations into Trump foes that have raised questions about whether the law enforcement agency has been turned into a political weapon.

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“When we began working with informants, we were living in the shadow of the height of the #CivilRights Movement, which had seen bombings at churches, state-sponsored #violence against demonstrators, & the murders of activists that went unanswered by the justice system,” Fair said. “There is no question that what we learned from informants saved lives.”

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The #SPLC previously paid informants to infiltrate #extremist groups & gather information on their activities, often sharing it with local & federal law enforcement, Fair said. It was used to monitor threats of #violence, he said, adding that the program was kept quiet to protect the safety of informants.

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The #CivilRights group made the announcement Tuesday, saying the #Trump admin appears to be preparing legal action against it or some of its employees.
“Although we don’t know all the details, the focus appears to be on the #SPLC’s prior use of paid confidential informants to gather credible intelligence on extremely #violent groups,” CEO Bryan Fair said.

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