SPLC alleges DOJ is treating witness as a member of prosecution team
Summary
The Southern Poverty Law Center asked a judge for permission to subpoena a former informant, arguing that the Justice Department has let him choose what evidence to provide in its case against the group. The SPLC says the informant has shared documents, recordings and investigative briefings with prosecutors; the group and its former executive have pleaded not guilty to the charges against them.Key Facts
- The SPLC’s lawyers asked the judge to require the informant to preserve his original documents and allow the defense to subpoena him.
- The defense identifies the former informant as “F-9” and alleges that he selectively provided material to federal investigators without a subpoena or search warrant.
- According to the defense filing, F-9 met with the government more than 20 times since November 2025 and exchanged about 1,800 text messages with lead FBI and IRS agents.
- The defense says F-9 gave the government four intelligence briefings accompanied by 162 pages of PowerPoint slides about possible charges, evidence, witnesses and investigative leads.
- The indictment accuses the SPLC of 11 counts involving wire fraud, bank fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering; the group has pleaded not guilty.
- Prosecutors also charged former SPLC executive Heidi Beirich with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and conspiracy to make false statements to a federally insured bank; she has pleaded not guilty.
- The indictment alleges that Beirich had a romantic relationship with F-9 and describes him as an informant who infiltrated the neo-Nazi group National Alliance.
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