{"id":1583,"date":"2026-05-07T14:31:57","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T14:31:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=1583"},"modified":"2026-05-07T14:31:57","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T14:31:57","slug":"southern-poverty-law-center-attorneys-make-first-court-appearance-in-fraud-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=1583","title":{"rendered":"Southern Poverty Law Center attorneys make first court appearance in fraud case"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>By SAFIYAH RIDDLE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) \u2014 Lawyers for the Southern Poverty Law Center will appear in court Thursday for the first time since the civil rights group was charged with defrauding donors by failing to disclose that money would be paid to informants inside extremist groups.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=1581\">A runner competing in a 250-mile Arizona ultramarathon dies after having a medical emergency<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The grand jury indictment filed April 21 by the U.S. Justice Department is an extraordinary strike against the Alabama-based organization, which works to combat discrimination and racism particularly in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana and Mississippi.<\/p>\n<p>The SPLC denies wrongdoing, and no individual is charged.<\/p>\n<p>The group has drawn criticism from conservatives including FBI Director Kash Patel, especially after it included Charlie Kirk\u2019s Turning Point USA in a report about \u201chate and extremism.\u201d Kirk was killed during a Utah college appearance in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Supporters say the SPLC is being unfairly targeted by the Trump administration for its civil rights triumphs.<\/p>\n<p>An arraignment on charges of money laundering conspiracy, wire fraud and false statements to a bank was set for Thursday in federal court in Montgomery.<\/p>\n<p>The Justice Department accuses the organization of defrauding donors by using their money to fund the same extremism it says it fights. At least $3 million went to informants affiliated with the Ku Klux Klan, the Aryan Nations, the National Socialist Party of America and other groups between 2014 and 2023, the indictment says.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=1579\">They\u2019re in remission, but their medical bills aren\u2019t: Cancer survivors navigate soaring costs<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>CEO Bryan Fair said the payments went to confidential informants to monitor threats of violence from the extremist groups. The information gathered helped save lives, he said, and was frequently shared with the FBI.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are outraged by the false allegations levied against SPLC,\u201d Fair said when the charges were filed.<\/p>\n<p>Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche recently acknowledged that the organization has a history of sharing information with law enforcement after he was challenged for saying the opposite.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s well-documented, and there\u2019s no dispute there. They aren\u2019t charged with any of that conduct,\u201d Blanche said.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=1577\">Trump wants to paint the Eisenhower office building white. Now a key federal agency considers it<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>Associated Press writer Ed White in Detroit contributed.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lawyers for the Southern Poverty Law Center are set to appear in federal court in Alabama in the fraud case brought by the DOJ.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1582,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1583","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-verified-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Southern Poverty Law Center attorneys make first court appearance in fraud case - Silicon Valley Moving Post<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=1583\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Southern Poverty Law Center attorneys make first court appearance in fraud case - 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