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Southern Poverty Law Center indicted on federal fraud charges

Southern Poverty Law Center indicted on federal fraud charges ![Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche speaks as FBI Director Kash Patel listens during a news

The SPLC survived firebombs and death threats. Will it survive Trump 2.0?

news conference at the Justice Department on Tuesday in Washington.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/3586x3585+1153+0/resize/100/quality/85/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fc9%2F43%2Ffa0dd6c242cabb19cedafe76f41d%2Fap26111792128302.jpg)](https://www.npr.org/2026/04/21/g-s1-118275/southern-poverty-law-center-fraud-charges-paid-informants) ### [Law](https://www.npr.org/sections/law/) ### [Southern Poverty Law Center indicted

Ex-DOJ official goes public with blistering criticism of his former bosses

Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) over its use of paid confidential informants in extremist groups, as well as the indictment of former FBI director James Comey over his Instagram post of seashells in the shape

First Thing: Trump announces extension of Iran ceasefire until ‘discussion concluded’

news …**  About 490 alleged members of the Central American gang MS-13, including

Virginia congressional map vote could embolden Florida Republicans to push for boundary changes, says Jeffries – US politics live

news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, April 16, 2026. Photograph: José Luis Magaña/AP The tit-for-tat redistricting battle began last year after Trump pressed Texas’s Republican-controlled legislature to [redraw