SPLC

Neo-Nazis, ‘Sadistic’ bikers and Charlottesville organizer: 5 of the most shocking SPLC informants

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Montgomery-based Southern Poverty Law Center was indicted this week on federal fraud charges stemming from a years-long covert paid informant program, which Justice Department officials said allocated millions of dollars in donations to a network of informants affiliated with or closely tied to White supremacist and … Read more

SPLC indictment builds momentum for Bessent’s Treasury to probe partisan nonprofits

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Treasury Department is tightening Internal Revenue Service (IRS) tax-exempt reporting requirements in an effort to uncover nonprofit funding being used for “extremist activity” and “hiding fraud.” The move comes days after the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), a nonprofit known for civil rights litigation and racial … Read more

SPLC saw revenue surge after Charlottesville rally as DOJ alleges informant ties

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Southern Poverty Law Center more than doubled its revenue in the months following the deadly 2017 Charlottesville “Unite the Right” rally — a surge now drawing renewed scrutiny after a Department of Justice indictment alleged the group paid an informant tied to the event’s organizers. The … Read more

SPLC faces blowback from ‘hate map’ targets after DOJ fraud indictment

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The DOJ’s fraud indictment of the Southern Poverty Law Center is prompting swift reaction from groups named on its “hate map,” many casting the charges as vindication after years of being labeled extremist. After a grand jury in the Middle District of Alabama returned an 11-count indictment … Read more