“SPLC Is Manufacturing Racism To Justify Its Existence” – DOJ Indicts The SPLC
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The Department of Justice announced a 11 count indictment against the Southern Poverty Law Center.
The indictment charges the SPLC with wire fraud (six counts), bank fraud (four counts), and conspiracy to commit money laundering (one count).
FBI Director Kash Patel and Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche announced on Tuesday a sweeping indictment against the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), accusing the far-left nonprofit of fraudulently paying members of extremist groups.
A grand jury in the Middle District of Alabama returned an 11-count indictment charging the SPLC with six counts of wire fraud, four counts of bank fraud, and one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering, according to Blanche.
The SPLC is a nonprofit that claims to fight white supremacy and racial hatred by reporting on extremist groups, and conducting research to inform law enforcement groups with the goal of dismantling the groups.
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanch said, “The SPLC is manufacturing racism to justify its existence.”
🚨HAPPENING NOW: Justice Department announces indictment against Southern Poverty Law Center (“SPLC”). Our indictment alleges SPLC secretly funneled MORE THAN $3 MILLION in funds to members of white supremacist and extremist groups. pic.twitter.com/Ifpda94f7D
— U.S. Department of Justice (@TheJusticeDept) April 21, 2026
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche on the Southern Poverty Law Center Indictment: “As the indictment describes, the SPLC was not dismantling these groups. It was instead manufacturing the extremism it purports to oppose by paying sources to stoke racial hatred.” pic.twitter.com/jWcouiPJ54
— U.S. Department of Justice (@TheJusticeDept) April 21, 2026
“The SPLC is manufacturing racism to justify its existence,” said Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche. “Using donor money to allegedly profit off Klansmen cannot go unchecked. This Department of Justice will hold the SPLC and every other fraudulent organization operating with… pic.twitter.com/FU8XDMbLrr
— U.S. Department of Justice (@TheJusticeDept) April 21, 2026
