Southern Poverty Law Center indicted on federal fraud charges related to past use of paid informants

I'm mostly surprised they managed to get an indictment. This administration hasn't had the best track record for competent prosecutors.

So let me get this straight: The DoJ has been losing competent lawyers left and right who refuse to indulge in politically motivated witch hunt cases. The remaining charlatans who work there thought they wanted to go to war against the SPLC, some of the best civil rights lawyers in the country? Oh, this is going to be a disaster

I mean ___of course___ a watchdog group for hate activity is going to be targeted by the administration of hate. There are far more important things to focus on, but _grievance uber alles_ for these fools.

Yet another high profile case that will crash and burn in the real world. You can really tell everyone qualified has left the building 

And they shared the information with authorities. Also today, the AG said they will not prosecute pedophiles.

They’re claiming they funneled money into the KKK through informants meant to expose them? This shit doesn’t even make sense

They were paying informants to get information and the DOJ is somehow spinning this as "supporting" the hate groups? Definitely sounds like spinning a story to attack the SPLC

Really vile thing to try to do, but done by incompetent assholes, so at least there is that.

>Blanche said the SPLC paid at least $3 million between 2014 and 2023 to people affiliated with the Ku Klux Klan, the United Klans of America, the National Socialist Party of America and other extremist groups. >“The SPLC was not dismantling these groups. It was instead manufacturing the extremism it purports to oppose by paying sources to stoke racial hatred,” Blanche said. Groups built on racial hatred were somehow stoked to commit racial hatred? This is insane

Hell yeah, Trump using DoJ to go after political adversaries. Preemptively adding /s because the country has lost its damn mind.

A group tasked to fight against hate groups recruited paid informants of said groups in order to take down said groups. I don't see anything wrong with this. Government alphabet agencies do the same exact thing.

Yeah, this is what weaponization of the federal government looks like.

Just donated $50. They're getting targeted because they've been effective at targeting hate groups that this administration is trying to recruit to their brown shirt echelon.

This reeks of a SLAPP suit

I’ve been donating to a lot of worthy causes but haven’t started donating to the SPLC yet. I’ll start that now, monthly payments.

Really not helping the "not nazis" argument.

Don’t police rely heavily on paid informants too? Do them next.

I will trust the SPLC over Trump's DoJ anyday

They're just mad because so many of them joined those groups for free and it turns out they could've been getting paid.

doj scrubs about to be smacked the f*** down by competent lawyers, good

How do I know the SPLC is doing good work? Because these two cockwombles are abusing their power to go after them

Fishing for names of informants so the gov/ nazi groups can murder them

I’d bet folding money the DoJ wants the names of the unnamed informants, in addition to distracting and wasting SPLC’s time.

So, donate to the SPLC defense fund?

They do know that that organization is full of real lawyers, right?

Uh oh...wait til this administration learns what the CIA has been up to...

The government can give informants money though 🤔

Ahh, yes, Kash Patel is totally legit and reliable. And 9 (nine) informants? How do they think regular law enforcement discover things that are difficult to investigate? (yes, with informants, the FBI would know). What a fuckin clown show this nation has become. SMDH

Another Stormfront priority, along with the rollback of DEI. It’s getting harder to deny the MAGA/Nazi crossover.

I'd bet big that SPLC knows their way around a court room. It seems that the DoJ is using their position to violate rights.

Performative and I’m guessing this will go like his other failed attempts to charge people that did nothing wrong. Criminals in the White House

Imagine if the Democrats had weaponized the DoJ the way repubs have done.... The Heritage Foundation, CPAC, Turning Point, all the Russian funded outlets.... all massive targets.

Exposing hate groups offends King Donnie.

What BS. Targeting the SPLC because they have been effective in stopping abuses.

absolutely abhorrent. absolutely abominable people in this current white house. white supremacy is being co-signed and supported.

For an administration that's essentially on a non-stop retribution tour: The first thing to note is that any accusation is mainly for shock value only and likely has no merit. The point is to create a scandal and let the press adjudicate it. The fact that it has no legal basis means nothing to this DoJ. They are all just performing (read: failing) for the boss.

Remember this when some Democrats say they want to work across the aisle. Republicans on congress are fascist now.

Republicanism is fascism. Republicanism is terrorism.

Are we far enough in to highlight how the giveaway that you KNOW these are politically motivated is because the trump admin keeps trying to charge others with the same crime that earned him his convictions?

So thats what we're doing now? DOJ is just making shit up for funsies? Cool. Malicious prosecution charges anyone?

The Supreme Court cleared up that whole area of law; those are now just 'gratuities' for a job well done. Case dismissed on appeal.

lol. Just laughing thinking of all the white boys I know who, to this day, will not admit that systemic racism exists.

Trump Administration is openly siding with the Klan. They’re going All In on the racism for the midterms.

Do they have the Epstein files?

Anyone investigating us needs to be charged with fraud!

I would have thought that gathering intelligence on fascist and other far-right groups is something that the SPLC's donors are paying for. Given this goes back to the eighties, have the Trump junta found genuine donors who now complain about their money being used this way? I wouldn't be surprised if the Amerifash FBI were planting a straw donor to throw five dollars in a collecting envelope and then turn around and make a criminal complaint but they've only had a couple of years to do it in.

>>Blanche said the SPLC paid at least $3 million between 2014 and 2023 to people affiliated with the Ku Klux Klan, the United Klans of America, the National Socialist Party of America and other extremist groups. >>“The SPLC was not dismantling these groups. It was instead manufacturing the extremism it purports to oppose by paying sources to stoke racial hatred,” Blanche said. So I guess Israel is a state sponsor of terrorism for funding Hamas then?

Ill take things that are Bullsh1t for $1,000 Alex!

I hope the federal government is ready to get handed its own ass yet again.

Jury nullification in........six months?

This is more BS from this admin. A whole nothing burger here and I’m sure SPLC will be out of this either by beating this BS indictment or by running out the clock on this alternate reality loving admin. Either way they’ll win.

White Christian Nationalist administration uses DOJ to attack Southern Poverty Law Group. Not on my bingo card, but also not a surprise. With Trump's approval rating in the shitter, he has to do something to get the Nazis and Klan members back. Will we even have a country left by the time November rolls around?

Pretty sure with all of the exits at DOJ, they just don't have the guns to go against the SPLC anyway. So, obviously it's just for headlines, as most things are in this administration. They mostly want to slow the SPLC down as they are doing plenty of successful work fighting this admin across the country. Additionally, I'd suspect that at least a few walkouts/firings from the DOJ ended up there. All of this has the makings of an extensive, thorough, and humiliating beatdown coming for this DOJ.

Purposely donating so they can use my money for further “research”

Let it play. Another Trump loss.

The only presumption of regularity this administration deserves is acknowledging trump shits his pants regularly. F*** these fascists.

James O'Keefe would be sweating right now if he didn't already know his propaganda machine is already as safe as it is financially bankrupt.

Good luck you facist pieces of c***. You bout to get an asswhoopin in the court room. Go SPLC!

I really hope this will be available to watch live. My guess is that this bullshit indictment will be thrown out.

Elon probably super stoked

the admin can f*** right off! THEY NEED TO BE INDICTED

Time to donate to SPLC, they’re clearly doing good work.

‘Paid’ informants. That’s kind of how they work. Information is bad, no more pay

Quick question from someone on the other side of the world - what does the "poverty" in their name mean? I've always wondered. Is it just that they started specifically to help poor people?

Lmao at them getting mad at them "funding" the orgs they themselves donate to

It's like going after the Red Army in 1945 because you want an "easy win." Good luck lmao

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Some of the comments here... geez. The goal of moving this to trial isn't to find the SPLC guilty of "financing hate groups". It's to expose ***who the informants were***.

Oh sure, Kash Patel is just the picture of credibility and trustworthiness. And nine informants, really? How do they think complex investigations usually get solved? That’s literally how law enforcement works; the FBI relies on informants all the time. Honestly, it’s hard not to shake your head at how ridiculous things have gotten. What an absolute circus this country feels like right now.