Benson faces scrutiny over SPLC ties as group indicted
- Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson served on the board of the Southern Poverty Law Center from 2014 to 2019 while the group faced a Department of Justice indictment on multiple counts including wire fraud and money laundering.
- The indictment accuses the SPLC of funneling over $3 million to members of white supremacist groups during Benson's board tenure.
- Benson worked undercover for the SPLC as an investigative reporter in the late 1990s, infiltrating white supremacist groups and claiming to have helped oppose such extremist networks.
- Benson's campaign defends her record as advancing civil rights and fighting extremist groups, while GOP leaders demand she explain what she knew about the SPLC's alleged illegal activities during her board service.
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Michigan's Secretary of State and leading Democratic gubernatorial candidate, Jocelyn Benson, is under pressure from state Republicans for her past engagement with the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), after the Justice Department (DOJ) filed a formal charge against the organization for fraud related to extreme right-wing groups. Trump's policy calls for a definitive annulment of the 2020 presidential election if the SPLC is found guilty of fr…
Michigan governor hopeful pressed on past SPLC work after DOJ indictment: ‘What did Jocelyn know?’
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson’s campaign hit back at Republican attacks Friday after the state GOP demanded answers from the Democratic gubernatorial front-runner on her past work with the federally-indicted Southern Poverty Law Center. Benson is a former volunteer and later board member of the SPLC, which was indicted Tuesday on 11 counts over accusations it fraudulently paid members of e…
Michigan governor hopeful pressed on past SPLC work after DOJ indictment: 'What did Jocelyn know?'
Jocelyn Benson's campaign pushes back on Michigan GOP attacks over her past work with the federally indicted SPLC, saying she helped dismantle white supremacist networks.
Democrat Governor Hopeful’s SPLC Board Tenure Overlapped With Alleged Payments To Extremist ‘Informants’
Democratic Jocelyn Benson served on the board of a civil rights group that allegedly defrauded donors by paying “informants” in groups it deemed “extremist.”
Jocelyn Benson Was on the Board Amid SPLC Funding KKK
Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson served on the board of the Southern Poverty Law Center while the SPLC paid members of the Ku Klux Klan and the Aryan Nations. Benson, a Democrat running for governor, joined the organization’s board in 2014 and left in 2019, when the SPLC fired its co-founder, Morris Dees, amid a racial discrimination and sexual harassment scandal. The SPLC gained its reputation by suing Ku Klux Klan groups into bankrup…
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