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April 21, 2026

Justice Department Charges Southern Poverty Law Center with Fraud

  • The SPLC faces an indictment with six counts of wire fraud, four counts of bank fraud, and one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering, accused of funneling over $3 million to informants from 2014 to 2023.
  • Payments included over $1 million to an informant who infiltrated the National Alliance and $270,000 to a person involved in the deadly Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville.
  • Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche stated that the SPLC misled its supporters by misrepresenting the use of donated funds, claiming it was not dismantling extremist groups but instead funding them.

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