DOJ Expands Indictment Against SPLC, Alleges Informant Payments Supported KKK Activities
The nonprofit says the unsigned draft was shared before filing and asks a judge to explain the leak and consider sanctions.
- The U.S. Department of Justice has obtained a superseding indictment against the Southern Poverty Law Center , expanding on allegations that the civil rights group covertly paid informants embedded inside violent hate groups.
- The updated indictment increases the alleged amount of tax-exempt donor funds funneled to these insiders to $4.1 million between 2014 and 2023, up from the $3 million initially cited when the federal grand jury in Alabama first brought charges in April.
- Federal prosecutors allege the paid informants used the secret funds to finance active extremist operations, claiming the cash went toward recruiting new members, purchasing materials for cross burnings, and buying Ku Klux Klan robes and hoods.
- The SPLC continues to face 11 federal counts of wire fraud, bank fraud, and conspiracy to commit money laundering for allegedly utilizing shell companies and fictitious bank accounts to disguise the nature and destination of the donor funds.
- The SPLC has strongly denied the allegations, moving to dismiss the case as a politically motivated "vindictive prosecution" by the Trump administration; the group's legal team, led by Abbe Lowell, maintains that the long-standing informant network was fully legal, prevented widespread violence, and saved lives.
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