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DOJ Indicts Southern Poverty Law Center on Charges of Secretly Funding Hate Groups
The Department of Justice has indicted the Southern Poverty Law Center, charging it with secretly funding hate groups it claims to oppose. The indictment alleges payments of over $3 million to group insiders between 2014 and 2023. The Free Press reported on the case, noting challenges in proving fraud related to informant use.
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The Department of Justice issued an indictment against the Southern Poverty Law Center on Tuesday, charging the organization with secretly funding some hate groups, including Ku Klux Klan affiliates, that it tells its donors it is fighting against. According to the indictment, between 2014 and 2023, the Southern Poverty Law Center paid over $3,000,000 to insiders at those hate groups, often people in leadership positions.
The payments were laundered through bank accounts registered to fictitious entities, the Department of Justice stated.
The Southern Poverty Law Center is a public interest law firm representing purported victims of discrimination. The Free Press reported that the Justice Department will have a hard time proving that the organization's use of informants amounts to fraud. 26.
