Family Research Council Helping Feds Take on Southern Poverty Law Center

The Southern Poverty Law Center prosecution is absurd. That may be the point.

FBI Director Kash Patel (at lectern) and Acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche announce charges against the Southern Poverty Law Center over its use of paid informants in extremist organizations on April 21, 2026 in Washington, D.C. (Screenshot via U.S. Department of Justice)Above everything else, the case against the Southern Poverty Law Center is absurd. Maybe deliberately so. It’s hard to tell with the Trump administration. It’s a vessel …

Family Research Council helping feds take on Southern Poverty Law Center

Family Research Council President Tony Perkins said his organization is assisting the FBI's investigation of the Southern Poverty Law Center, which has been indicted for funding hate groups it claimed to fight.

Legal experts skeptical of DOJ’s criminal case against Southern Poverty Law Center

The headquarters of the Southern Poverty Law Center in Montgomery, Alabama on February 8, 2023. Legal experts Wednesday expressed doubts about the U.S. Department of Justice's attempt to prosecute the civil rights organization over allegations of fraud. (Brian Lyman/Alabama Reflector)Attorneys and law professors Wednesday expressed skepticism about the U.S. Department of Justice’s criminal case against the Southern Poverty Law Center, with few e…

Federal Grand Jury Charges Southern Poverty Law Center with Fraud, Conspiracy to Commit Money Laundering – Family Council

Last week, a federal Grand Jury in Alabama charged the left-wing Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) with 11 counts of wire fraud, false statements to a federally insured bank, and conspiracy to commit concealment money laundering. The SPLC has spent decades opposing white supremacy while also branding Christian organizations like Family Research Council and Focus on the Family as “hate groups” on par with Neo-Nazis and the KKK. The group has als…

SPLC Faces Federal Indictment, House Probe Into Biden Ties

The Southern Poverty Law Center faces a federal indictment on 11 counts and a sweeping congressional document demand, all in the same week, as House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan presses for answers about the organization's relationship with the Biden administration's Justice Department. Jordan sent a letter to SPLC interim CEO Bryan Fair demanding documents and communications related to the center "paying sources and any coordination …

Chairman Jordan Requests Documents about Southern Poverty Law Center Paying Extremists

On Thursday, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) sent a letter to the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) Interim CEO and President Bryan Fair demanding documents and communications regarding the SPLC paying sources and any coordination with the Biden-Harris Administration. On April 21, 2026, a federal grand jury returned an indictment charging the SPLC with wire fraud, false statements to a federally insured bank, and conspiracy…