The Southern Poverty Law Centre has been indicted on fraud charges after being accused of “manufacturing the extremism it purports to oppose” by sending at least $3 million to racist and white supremacist organisations between 2014 and 2023. NBC News has more.
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche on Tuesday announced an indictment against the Southern Poverty Law Centre, alleging the civil rights organisation has engaged in financial crimes.
Blanche said at a news conference that the DOJ’s investigation found the organisation had been “manufacturing the extremism it purports to oppose by paying sources to stoke racial hatred,” and then hiding those payments.
The 11-count indictment from a federal grand jury consists of six counts of wire fraud, four counts of false statements to a federally insured bank and one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering.
“The Southern Poverty Law Centre’s (‘SPLC’) stated mission included the dismantling of white supremacy and confronting hate across the country. However, unbeknownst to donors, some of their donated money was being used to fund the leaders and organisers of racist groups, including the Ku Klux Klan, the Aryan Nation and the National Alliance,” the indictment alleges.
The indictment also alleges that “between 2014 and 2023, SPLC secretly funneled more than $3 million” to “field sources” affiliated with groups including the Ku Klux Klan, the National Socialist Movement and the American Front.
FBI Director Kash Patel added at the news conference that SPLC attempted to hide payments by using shell companies.
“In order to covertly pay its field sources, the SPLC opened bank accounts connected to a series of fictitious entities,” the 14-page indictment alleges.
Blanche said Tuesday that the investigation has “been going on for a long time,” adding that it was “shut down” during the Biden administration before being revived during Trump’s second term.
Bryan Fair, Interim Chief Executive of SPLC, said in a statement that the organisation is still reviewing the charges but that after witnessing the Justice Department’s news conference they are “are outraged by the false allegations”.
“Taking on violent hate and extremist groups is among the most dangerous work there is, and we believe it is also among the most important work we do,” Fair said. “The actions by the DOJ will not shake our resolve to fight for justice and ensure the promise of the Civil Rights movement becomes a reality for all.”
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This is absolutely staggering news! For decades, the notorious Southern Poverty Law Centre has been ruthlessly hounding anyone who even so much as hinted at patriotism or opposed moving the entire population of the Third World into the West. Now it appears they’ve been playing both sides all along, secretly funding the very organizations they publicly opposed!
Well done to the new head of the US Dept of Justice, Todd Blanche, and his team of investigators for exposing this astonishing deception. How on earth did they discover it?
Perhaps someone with a conscience leaked some information.
For some, SPLC have been known to be a fraud for many years. Took brave and empowered DOJ leadership to move to indictment which the Grand Jury agreed. Discovery and trial will expose so many things.
Jeff Childers has a really good write up digging into more detail on the financial crimes as well as the implications
https://open.substack.com/pub/coffeeandcovid/p/800-million-reasons-wednesday-april?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=1b7f4g
Thanks. El Gato Malo also takes a look at this one.
https://boriquagato.substack.com/p/down-on-the-problem-farm
Not heard much about Somali fraud for a while, could NBC look into maybe?
Follow local bloggers at https://www.powerlineblog.com/ for probably the best summary updates. They’ve been on it for a very, very long time. Mainstream media in US and UK, especially in Minneapolis, work hard to bury it.
Thanks will have a look