Revision History

A federal grand jury in Alabama indicted the Southern Poverty Law Center on 11 counts of wire fraud, bank fraud, and money laundering conspiracy, alleging the organization secretly funneled over $3 million in donor money to paid informants embedded in the Ku Klux Klan, neo-Nazi groups, and other extremist organizations between 2014 and 2023. The case raises contested questions about nonprofit transparency, the legality of private informant networks, and the political motivations of the Trump Justice Department — while donors surveyed so far say they do not feel defrauded.