- Former federal prosecutors see legal flaws in DOJ's SPLC indictment CBS News —
- Civil rights groups condemn Southern Poverty Law Center's indictment and prepare for legal fights The Independent —
- SPLC indictment ‘nakedly political’: Morial The Hill —
- Indicted Southern Poverty Law Center receives civil rights groups' support and preps for a fight Associated Press —
- Justice Department indicts SPLC for doing thing Justice Department does al.com —
- SPLC spent more money on informant who infiltrated ‘Unite the Right’ rally planning than a top organizing group made that year Washington Examiner —
- SPLC saw revenue surge after Charlottesville rally as DOJ alleges informant ties Fox News —
- The SPLC indictment rewrites the history of the Trump era Washington Examiner —
- MAGA world uses bogus SPLC indictment to downplay the existence of racist extremism MS Now —
- Doug Jones says SPLC prosecution a threat to all civil rights groups: ‘Pure political retribution’ al.com —
SPLC indicted for fraud
In a move that has shocked the civil rights community, federal prosecutors allege that the SPLC funded informants who infiltrated extremist planning for the 2017 'Unite the Right' rally.
The indictment claims the organization bill itself as a watchdog while secretly enriching the very groups it claimed to monitor.
Civil rights leaders have condemned the prosecution as 'nakedly political retribution' from the Trump administration.
The SPLC has vowed to fight the charges, which could threaten its non-profit status and decades of legal work.
American nonprofit legal advocacy organization specializing in civil rights and public interest litigation
Todd Blanche
American attorney (born 1974)
American attorney (born 1974)
United States Department of Justice Civil Rights Division
Federal institution
Federal institution
Ku Klux Klan
American white supremacist hate group
American white supremacist hate group