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Southern Poverty Law Center attorneys make first court appearance in fraud case
The indictment says at least $3 million in donor money went to informants inside extremist groups, while the SPLC denies wrongdoing.
- Lawyers for the Southern Poverty Law Center appeared in Montgomery, Alabama, on Thursday for their first court hearing since federal prosecutors charged the civil rights group with defrauding donors.
- An April 21 indictment filed by the Justice Department accuses the SPLC of defrauding donors by using contributions to pay informants inside groups like the Ku Klux Klan and the Aryan Nations.
- At least $3 million flowed to these informants between 2014 and 2023, according to the indictment; SPLC CEO Bryan Fair argued the payments monitored threats from extremist groups.
- CEO Fair stated, "We are outraged by the false allegations levied against SPLC," while supporters argue the Trump administration is unfairly targeting the organization for its civil rights work.
- The SPLC has faced criticism from conservatives including FBI Director Kash Patel, particularly after the organization labeled Charlie Kirk's Turning Point USA in a report about "hate and extremism.
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Southern Poverty Law Center attorneys make first court appearance in fraud case
Lawyers for the Southern Poverty Law Center are set to appear in federal court in Alabama. It is the first hearing since the civil rights group was accused of defrauding donors by failing to disclose that money would be paid to informants inside extremist groups.
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