DOJ accuses Southern Poverty Law Center of using donations to pay secret informants
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The Justice Department has accused the Southern Poverty Law Center of money laundering and other crimes. The DOJ says the Alabama-based civil rights organization paid sources to stoke racial hatred.
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While the catalyst for the investigation is unclear, such a probe follows conservative-driven congressional inquiries into the SPLC and demands that the Trump administration investigate funding for groups supporting the left.
The Justice Department is investigating the Southern Poverty Law Center in connection with a now-defunct program that used paid informants to infiltrate extremist groups.
SPLC interim CEO Bryan Fair says the U.S. Department of Justice is investigating the organization and possibly preparing criminal charges over its use of paid informants.
The Department of Justice announced Tuesday that a grand jury indicted the Southern Poverty Law Center for fraud and money laundering for alleged payments to American neo-Nazi groups and the Ku Klux Klan, among others.
WASHINGTON — The Southern Poverty Law Center says it's the subject of a criminal investigation by the Justice Department and faces possible charges over its past use of paid informants to infiltr
The civil rights group is being investigated over how it has sought to infiltrate extremist groups, its CEO says, adding that it “will not be intimidated.”
FBI Director Kash Patel and Acting AG Todd Blanche announced an 11-count indictment against the Southern Poverty Law Center, alleging fraud and payments to extremist group members.
FBI Director Kash Patel and Acting AG Todd Blanche announced an 11-count indictment against the Southern Poverty Law Center, alleging fraud and payments to extremist group members.
The Justice Department has accused the Southern Poverty Law Center of money laundering and other crimes. The DOJ says the Alabama-based civil rights organization paid sources to stoke racial hatred.
