Legal experts skeptical of DOJ’s criminal case against Southern Poverty Law Center

By: Ralph Chapoco

Outlets: Alabama Reflector

Published: April 23, 2026

Words: 712

Last Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago

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Attorneys and law professors Wednesday expressed skepticism about the U.S. Department of Justice’s criminal case against the Southern Poverty Law Center, with few expecting the charges to lead to sanctions against the civil rights nonprofit.

The indictment alleges that SPLC’s use of paid informants within white supremacist groups — a tactic SPLC used to disrupt operations and gather information passed on to law enforcement — amounted to functional support of those groups and fraud …

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