SPLC Indicted for Funding Hate Groups

0:00A federal grand jury in Montgomery just hit the Southern Poverty Law Center with an 11-count indictment, charging them with wire fraud, money, laundering conspiracy, and lying to banks. Investigators say the non-profit secretly funneled $3 million from donors to leaders of hate groups they publicly slammed. This scheme allegedly ran from 2014 to 2023 using fake bank accounts to mass payments to folks tied to the Ku Klux Klan, National Socialist Movement, and American Nazi party. The whole point was to hide where the cash came from and who controlled it. Officials are fired up. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche called it, Manufacturing Racism, just to stay relevant and full donors. FBI Director Cash Patel said they lied to supporters while paying extremists to stir up trouble and acting U.S. Attorney Kevin Davidson pointed out. Donors thought they were battling hate not bankrolling it. Now the feds have launched two forfeiture actions to claw back the dirty money if they're

1:00convicted. The probe's still rolling, digging into everyone involved from back in the 1980s network. This indictment exposes cracks in who we trust to fight hate, forcing a hard look at non-profit accountability as the full story unfolds. This has been California News Today, powered by AI.