Trump administration sues Southern Poverty Law Center on fraud charges
Summary
The U.S. Department of Justice has charged the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), a civil rights group, with fraud. Officials say the SPLC improperly raised money and used it to pay members of white supremacist groups to gather information, without telling donors the full details.Key Facts
- The SPLC is accused of fraudulently raising millions of dollars from donors.
- The group allegedly paid at least $3 million to members of the Ku Klux Klan and other far-right groups from 2014 to 2023.
- The payments were made through bank accounts and prepaid cards to secret informants.
- Charges include wire fraud, bank fraud, and conspiracy to commit money laundering.
- The SPLC says the informant program was used to track violent threats and shared information with law enforcement.
- Some informants were high-ranking members of white supremacist groups.
- The SPLC will defend itself and says its work has saved lives.
- The case is being handled in Alabama, where the SPLC is based.
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