Southern Poverty Law Center Charged With Fraud Over Payments to Informants in Extremist Groups

The DOJ alleges that the Southern Poverty Law Center defrauded donors by raising $3 million to pay informants in white supremacist and other extremist groups.
Southern Poverty Law Center Charged With Fraud Over Payments to Informants in Extremist Groups
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche (L) speaks alongside FBI Director Kash Patel during a news conference at the at the Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice building in Washington on April 21, 2026. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images
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The Southern Poverty Law Center was indicted on federal fraud charges that accused it of illegally raising millions of dollars to pay informants in white supremacist and other extremist groups, acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said.

An Alabama grand jury returned an indictment on April 21 with 11 counts of wire fraud, making false statements, and conspiracy to commit money laundering, according to the Justice Department (DOJ).