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Apr 22, 2026

Southern Poverty Law Center Indicted on Federal Fraud Charges by Trump DOJ

The US Department of Justice announced an 11-count indictment against the Southern Poverty Law Center over alleged fraudulent payments to informants in extremist groups including the Ku Klux Klan. The civil rights organization has long been targeted by conservative activists.

Apr 22, 2026·2 sources
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Top claims

  • ▪The Department of Justice pointed to payments of at least $3 million between 2014 and 2023 to people affiliated with the Ku Klux Klan, the United Klans of America, the National Socialist Party of America and other far-right groups
  • ▪The Trump Department of Justice characterized the Southern Poverty Law Center's informant payments as funding the ideology the organization claimed to fight
  • ▪One Southern Poverty Law Center informant was the imperial wizard of the United Klans of America

People involved

Donald Trump

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Department of Justice1Extremism & counterterrorism in the Middle East1Ku Klux Klan1

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