Southern Poverty Law Center says it faces a DOJ criminal probe over paid informants
Summary
The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) said it is being investigated by the U.S. Justice Department for possibly breaking the law. The investigation focuses on SPLC’s past practice of paying people to secretly join extremist groups.Key Facts
- The Southern Poverty Law Center is a civil rights group.
- The Justice Department is conducting a criminal investigation of the SPLC.
- The probe concerns SPLC’s use of paid informants to enter extremist groups.
- Informants are people who secretly gather information for others.
- The SPLC announced the investigation on a Tuesday.
- The investigation comes under President Donald Trump’s administration.
- There may be legal charges against the SPLC or its employees.
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