Southern Poverty Law Center Charged With Fraud Over Payments to Informants in Extremist Groups
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche (L) speaks alongside FBI Director Kash Patel during a news conference at the at the Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice building in Washington on April 21, 2026. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images The Southern Poverty Law Center was indicted on federal fraud charges that accused it of illegally raising millions of