What to Know About the Federal Charges Against the Southern Poverty Law Center

What to Know About the Federal Charges Against the Southern Poverty Law Center
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 (SPLC) was hit with an 11-count indictment alleging it defrauded donors by sending millions of dollars to informants who infiltrated white supremacist and hate groups that it publicly opposed.

The indictment by a grand jury in Montgomery, Alabama, charged the SPLC with wire fraud, making false statements to a federally insured bank, and conspiracy to commit concealment money laundering.

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