The FBI brought an indictment against the Southern Poverty Law Center for being a scam operation.
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VINCESep 16, 2026
Multiple reliable sources, including the FBI and DOJ press releases, confirm a federal grand jury indicted the Southern Poverty Law Center in April 2026 on 11 counts of fraud-related charges, with the FBI investigating.
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… "We do, and we have a lock ongoing." "Okay. I know you probably can't talk about those specific cases, but there are ongoing investigations. Is that true?" "Yes, sir. We have a lot ongoing." I'm not surprised by that. Remember, this is the same FBI that brought the indictment against the Southern Poverty Law Center for being a scam operation. They were funding the KKK and neo-Nazis and pretending like they were confronting the KKK and neo-Nazis. So, yeah, are they investigating Act blue? Sure seems like it, especially when all of Act blue's attorneys quit. …
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Supports. The FBI press release confirms a Montgomery, Alabama grand jury indicted the SPLC on 11 counts of wire fraud, false statements to a federally insured bank, and conspiracy to commit concealment money laundering, with the FBI investigating.[3]
Supports. The DOJ press release and Reuters report the same indictment, alleging the SPLC secretly funneled more than $3 million in donor funds to informants tied to the Ku Klux Klan and other extremist groups between 2014 and 2023.[1][4]
Context. The SPLC called the charges "false allegations," and Snopes and The Conversation note that the case is unresolved and that some legal experts consider it politically driven, so the fraud charges are allegations rather than established findings.[1][2][5]
Context. The indictment was obtained by the Justice Department's US Attorney's Office with FBI investigative support, so the FBI did not formally bring it alone; this is a peripheral detail that does not reverse the core assertion.[3][4]
Sources
5 sources: 2 fact-checkers, 2 primary, 1 not rated
- 1US Southern Poverty Law Center charged with fraud over ...reuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports, context
- 2Claim Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson is linked to ...snopes.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 3Federal Grand Jury Charges Southern Poverty Law Center for Wire Fraud, False Statements, and Conspiracy to Commit Money Launderingfbi.gov · primary source · cited for: supports, context
- 4Middle District of Alabama | Federal Grand Jury Charges ...justice.gov · primary source · cited for: supports, context
- 5Trump administration's indictment of the Southern Poverty ...theconversation.com · not rated · cited for: context
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