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The Justice Department announced Tuesday that a grand jury in the Middle District of Alabama returned a superseding indictment against the Southern Poverty Law Center, adding new details about how roughly $4.1 million in tax‑exempt donor funds were allegedly used to pay informants inside extremist groups who then helped recruit members and purchase cross‑burning and Ku‑Klux Klan materials. While the superseding indictment does not introduce new charges or defendants, it reiterates the 11 counts of wire fraud, bank fraud and conspiracy to commit money‑laundering that accuse the SPLC of defrauding donors and banks by creating shell accounts to funnel money to insiders in the very hate groups it claims to combat. The revised document corrects language after a Supreme Court ruling clarified that the bank‑fraud statute only covers false statements, removing references to “misleading” statements, and includes previously omitted information about the SPLC’s revenue. The organization has pleaded not guilty, denied any deception of donors or banks, and is seeking dismissal, with its lawyer calling the new indictment an attempt to patch flaws in the original filing but asserting it changes nothing.
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Justice Dept. says it has obtained superseding indictment against Southern Poverty Law Center with new details on donor funds
The superseding indictment does not contain any new charges or name new defendants from the original version, which was returned in April.