Democrats Bend Over Backwards To Defend So-Called Civil Rights Group Accused Of Funneling Money To KKK
A grand jury indicted the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) for wire fraud, making false statements to a federally insured bank, and conspiracy to commit concealment money laundering Tuesday.
The SPLC’s “stated mission included the dismantling of white supremacy and confronting hate across the country. However, unbeknownst to donors, some of their donated money was being used to fund the leaders and organizers of racist groups, including the Ku Klux Klan, the Aryan Nation, and the National Alliance,” reads the indictment.
The indictment alleges that the SPLC paid informants (field sources) who “engaged in the active promotion of racist groups at the same time that the SPLC was denouncing the same groups on its website.” One such field source allegedly helped plan the 2017 Charlottesville rally.
Leftists have reacted to the indictment with various degrees of outrage.
🚨HAPPENING NOW: Justice Department announces indictment against Southern Poverty Law Center ("SPLC"). Our indictment alleges SPLC secretly funneled MORE THAN $3 MILLION in funds to members of white supremacist and extremist groups. pic.twitter.com/Ifpda94f7D
— U.S. Department of Justice (@TheJusticeDept) April 21, 2026
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries dismissed the “so-called indictment” against the SPLC as “baseless and illegitimate.”
Committing wire fraud to send money to the KKK is an odd way to safeguard democracy, Senator. https://t.co/aVMAxMiP3g
— Mike Lee (@SenMikeLee) April 22, 2026
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