Jordan Grills SPLC: Informants, Hate Reports, & Federal Policies

0:00On April 29th, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan just called out the Southern Poverty Law Center, inviting their interim president Brian, fair to testify on May 20th, 2026. This comes right after the Trump administration hit SPLC with a criminal indictment last week, accusing them of scamming donors by paying informants to sneak into far-right groups. SPLC has built its rep-tracking political extremists and sharing intel with the FBI and other agencies. But six months back, the Trump team cut those ties, and now they're facing these fraud charges head on. SPLC fired back hard, labeling the allegations totally false, and insisting their informant program has straight-up saved lives, nothing secret about it. To the feds, meanwhile, Jordan's calling their hate reports partisan attacks on conservatives, burping how we see civil rights. The hearing set to dig into how SPLC's influence federal policies lately, spotlighting what

1:00Jordan sees as a twist to take on hate in America. FBI uses paid informants, too, so this could spark bigger debates on tactics. As this unfolds, watch for fireworks in Congress, SPLC's long-game and extremism, tracking might get a full remix under the spotlight. U.S. News Today, powered by AI bringing you what matters nationwide. I'm Corey with The Story.