Southern Poverty Law Center indicted over alleged use of paid informants in extremist groups [View all]

Source: CNN

Southern Poverty Law Center indicted over alleged use of paid informants in extremist groups

By.Hannah Rabinowitz
UPDATED 5 MIN AGO
UPDATED APR 21, 2026, 5:40 PM ET
PUBLISHED APR 21, 2026, 10:09 AM ET

The Southern Poverty Law Center was indicted Tuesday over a discontinued program that used paid confidential informants to penetrate white supremacist and other organizations, Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche announced.

The indictment, which was handed up by a federal grand jury in Alabama, charges the organization with 11 counts, including bank fraud, wire fraud, and conspiracy to commit money laundering.

Part of that work included a now-defunct program that employed informants to "infiltrate" extremist groups and learn about their activities and guard against violent threats, SPLC CEO Bryan Fair said in a statement Tuesday morning. He denied any wrongdoing on behalf of the group. Fair said the SPLC often shared insight with law enforcement, but did not share the intel widely to protect the informants' identities.

The Southern Poverty Law Center has for decades tracked white supremacy and extremist groups. Republicans and allies of the president have long criticized the nonprofit for what some say is acting as a far-left entity that targets conservative organizations and individuals.

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Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/21/politics/splc-justice-department-criminal-investigation

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Earlier this morning:

Tue Apr 21, 2026
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143654022
Southern Poverty Law Center says it faces a Justice Department criminal probe over paid informants

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Chris Gender has yet to come up with a case number. Try here over the rest of the evening:

https://bsky.app/profile/chrisgeidner.bsky.social

The case is being filed in Alabama, because if it were filed in DC, Jeanine Pirro would lose it for DOJ.

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BREAKING: DOJ announces charges against the Southern Poverty Law Center based on allegations of paid informants in an indictment in the Middle District of Alabama.

"This investigation is very much ongoing," FBI Director Kash Patel said.

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Our Indictment alleges
Southern Poverty Law Center secretly funneled
MORE THAN $3 MILLION IN FUNDS to white supremacist & extremist groaps including:
$ 1M + National Alliance affillate
$300K+ Aryan Nations affilate
$270K + "ente the Right"
member
$140K+ Elia National
Alliance Chairman
$73K + Farmer KKK members
$19K+ pressient Efelon
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Blanche and Patel
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5:40 PM · Apr 21, 2026
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BREAKING: DOJ announces charges against the Southern Poverty Law Center based on allegations of paid informants in an indictment in the Middle District of Alabama.

"This investigation is very much ongoing," FBI Director Kash Patel said.

— Chris Geidner (@chrisgeidner.bsky.social) 2026-04-21T21:40:15.169Z