Source: Fox News
Summary
The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) has been indicted on federal fraud charges for allegedly running a covert paid informant program that funneled millions of dollars to individuals affiliated with White supremacist and neo-Nazi groups. The indictment accuses the SPLC of wire fraud, false statements to a federally insured bank, and conspiracy to commit concealment money laundering. The SPLC allegedly paid over $3 million to informants between 2014 and 2023, including individuals affiliated with the United Klans of America, the National Socialist Party of America, and the Aryan Nations-linked “Sadistic Souls Motorcycle Club.” The Justice Department claims that the SPLC’s paid informant program was used to manufacture extremism rather than dismantle it.
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As expected, the matter has reached another stage.
The SPLC’s paid informant program has been revealed to have funded individuals with ties to the Ku Klux Klan, the National Socialist Party of America, and other extremist groups. The indictment alleges that the SPLC paid one informant over $270,000 to attend the 2017 “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, and to share racist social media posts. Another informant, a member of the National Alliance, was paid over $1 million to steal documents from the group’s headquarters. The SPLC also paid a National Alliance member $6,000 to falsely take responsibility for the theft. The indictment raises questions about the SPLC’s methods and motives in its efforts to combat extremism.
The SPLC’s actions seem to have created a cycle of funding and enabling the very groups they claim to oppose.
Author: Evan Null
