US EditionTrump in Bold New Bid to Get 2020 Election Loss to Biden ‘Wiped From the Books’
The Justice Department alleges the Southern Poverty Law Center funneled more than $3 million to extremist-linked groups and donors were misled, officials said.
- On Friday, President Donald Trump called for the 2020 Presidential Election to "be permanently wiped from books" if federal fraud charges against the Southern Poverty Law Center prove true.
- A federal grand jury in Alabama indicted the SPLC on Tuesday, charging the non-profit with 11 counts of wire fraud, bank fraud, and money laundering for allegedly funneling $3 million in donations to violent extremist groups between 2014 and 2023.
- Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche dismissed claims of political targeting, explaining the SPLC was "manufacturing the extremism it purports to oppose" to justify its existence.
- In a video statement, SPLC CEO Bryan Fair denied the allegations, asserting the organization is being politically targeted for its prior use of paid confidential informants to gather intelligence during its 55-year history.
- During Margaret Huang's tenure as president from 2020 until last summer, critics note the SPLC's shift into partisan activism, which included accusing religious groups of "fomenting hate" while funding individuals connected to neo-Nazi networks.
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Trump Says the 2020 Election Should Be 'Permanently Wiped from the Books' if SPLC is Convicted for Massive Fraud Scam
President Donald Trump has declared that the entire 2020 presidential election should be “permanently wiped from the books” if the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) is ultimately convicted of the sweeping federal fraud charges filed against it earlier this week.
Trump in bold new bid to get 2020 election loss to Biden ‘wiped from the books’
President Donald Trump is still trying to get his 2020 White House loss to Joe Biden overturned, the New York Post reports. Trump on Friday called for the 2020 election to be “permanently wiped from the books” if the Southern Poverty Law Center is convicted of fraud.
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