What the DOJ’s SPLC Indictment Actually Says (Not the Headlines)
Summary: The Southern Poverty Law Center has been indicted on 11 federal counts, including wire fraud, false statements to a bank, and conspiracy to commit concealment money laundering. The DOJ alleges that, “unbeknownst to donors,” SPLC used more than $3 million in donor funds to pay informants embedded in extremist groups, routed those payments through fictitious entities, and made false statements to banks to keep the system running.
Know Your Rights
SUMMARY: Hear from legal experts at the ACLU of Maine, U.S. Magistrate Judge James Orenstein (Ret.), and former U.S. Attorney Joyce Vance.
