April 21, 2026 – The DOJ announces an 11 count indictment against the slander machine, Southern Poverty Law Center, for wire fraud, bank fraud and money laundering; foments hate groups

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This evening: @DAGToddBlanche and I are announcing an 11 count indictment against the Southen Poverty Law Center.

Charges include wire fraud, false statements to a federally insured bank, and conspiracy to commit concealment money laundering.

The SPLC allegedly engaged in a massive fraud operation to deceive their donors, enrich themselves, and hide their deceptive operations from the public. They lied to their donors, vowing to dismantle violent extremist groups, and actually turned around and paid the leaders of these very extremist groups – even utilizing the funds to have these groups facilitate the commission of state and federal crimes.

That is illegal – and this is an ongoing investigation against all individuals involved.

(…) Quite simply, the SPLC opened bank accounts assigned to fictitious entities, allowing the group to “disguise the true nature, source, ownership, and control of the fraudulently obtained donated money the SPLC paid the field sources.” And to keep that scheme from being discovered, the SPLC made false statements to banks related to those accounts. All in violation of federal law.

These weren’t small amounts, either. From 2014 to 2023, the SPLC funneled more than $3 million of its donor dollars to informants associated with various extremist groups. As detailed in the indictment, here are just a few examples:

  • An informant who was part of the leadership that planned the 2017 “Unite the Right” event in Charlottesville, Virginia. He attended that event “at the direction of the SPLC” and made racist postings under their supervision. He helped coordinate travel to the event. From 2015-2023, the SPLC paid him more than $270,000. According to Gavin McInnes, that informant was Jason Kessler. The SPLC website still features Kessler as an extremist.

One informant affiliated with the National Alliance (Nazi ties) – who fundraised for the NA – worked with the SPLC for more than 20 years. He was paid over $1 million from 2014-2023.

Another National Alliance member – in fact, its former chairman – was paid more than $140,000 from 2016-2023. He was also featured on the SPLC’s “Extremist File” website. While his name is still unknown (it’s still early), this is how the SPLC features the National Alliance on its website.

The national president of American Front – a convicted felon for cross burning – was an SPLC informant that was paid nearly $20,000. American Front was once described by the SPLC as “a nationwide skinhead coalition.”

Another informant was a member of the Ku Klux Klan and married to an Exalted Cyclops of the Ku Klux Klan. The informant and their spouse were part of the KKK’s litigation to take part in an Adopt-a-Highway program. During litigation, payments exceeding $3,500 were made from the SPLC to the KKK informant. Interestingly, the SPLC had this to say about KKK efforts to Adopt-a-Highway in Georgia back in 2012 – perhaps in the very litigation it had been funding:

Mark Potok, senior fellow at Southern Poverty Law Center, said the effort is little more than a publicity stunt. “I think this is simply another attempt by the Klan to somehow portray itself as a kinder, gentler group rather than the terrorist organization that it has historically been,” Potok said. “On the other hand, they’re very likely to win a court battle because the state agencies can issue regulations regarding things like this but they have to be neutral toward ideology.”

The Charges

(Read more: Techno Fog/Substack, 4/21/2026) (Archive)