US EditionFBI cuts ties with Southern Poverty Law Center
FBI Director Kash Patel ended partnerships with SPLC and ADL over concerns their reports fueled partisan conflicts and were linked to violent acts against conservative groups.
- On Friday, FBI Director Kash Patel announced the FBI severed ties with the Southern Poverty Law Center, saying 'The Southern Poverty Law Center long ago abandoned civil rights work and turned into a partisan smear machine.'
- Because the SPLC had listed TPUSA, Patel said the organization shifted from civil-rights work to partisan attacks, and its hate map was tied to violence, months before Kirk's death.
- On Wednesday, the FBI severed ties with the Anti-Defamation League and confirmed it does not share intelligence or hold products from the Southern Poverty Law Center.
- The announcements mark a dramatic rethinking of longstanding FBI partnerships as Kash Patel moves to reshape the agency, while an SPLC spokesperson said the group remains committed to exposing hate.
- Longstanding research and training by civil-rights groups could leave law enforcement partners short on domestic-extremism resources, while the shift signals rapid reshaping of FBI's use of outside research.
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'Partisan smear machine': FBI cuts all ties with the Southern Poverty Law Center · American Wire News
FBI Director Kash Patel announced that the nation’s top law enforcement agency was severing ties with the Southern Poverty Law Center, a rancid and dishonest attack dog for the Democratic Party that has long specialized in smearing conservatives. Patel delivered the good news that the organization’s disgraceful tactics would no longer be legitimized by the FBI in a Friday post to X. The Southern Poverty Law Center long ago abandoned civil right…
Conservatives Call for More Action Against SPLC After FBI Formally Cuts It Off
Conservative legislators praised the FBI under Kash Patel for formally distancing itself from the Southern Poverty Law Center, and some called on the federal government to consider further action against the SPLC. On Friday, Patel confirmed in a statement to The Daily Signal that the FBI had severed all ties to the SPLC, a far-left activist group that puts conservatives and Christians on a “hate map” next to Ku Klux Klan chapters. The “hate map”…
Expo-like group known for its "hate map." FBI chief: "It's a smear machine."
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