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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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Attorney for SPLC expecting a superseding indictment in fraud case
By Wesley Bruer, Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — During the initial hearing in the Justice Department’s fraud case against the Southern Poverty Law Center, an attorney for the civil rights group said he believes a second indictment might be coming in the case. The attorney, Abbe Lowell, told a federal judge in Alabama that a superseding indictment in the case could mean a trial date — currently expected to be in the fall — would need to be pushed ba…
·Colorado Springs, United States
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Southern Poverty Law Center leader pleads not guilty for organization in federal donor fraud case
The leader of the Southern Poverty Law Center has pleaded not guilty on behalf of the organization to charges that the civil rights group has defrauded donors by failing to disclose that money would be paid to informants inside extremist groups.
·United States
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