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The Southern Poverty Law Center does excellent work fighting hate groups. Republicans have long complained that the SPLC is overly leftist and partisan because the #SPLC investigates and reports on white supremacist groups. I have been a longtime supporter of the SPLC and could immediately see the BS in the Trump DOJ's indictment of the SPLC this week. 1/2
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The Poverty of the DOJ Indictment of the Southern Poverty Law Center
Former head of the DOJ Fraud Section, Weissmann discusses conspicuous gaps in the indictment of the Southern Poverty Law Center.Andrew Weissmann (Just Security)
The #CivilRights group made the announcement Tuesday, saying the #Trump admin appears to be preparing legal action against it or some of its employees.
“Although we don’t know all the details, the focus appears to be on the #SPLC’s prior use of paid confidential informants to gather credible intelligence on extremely #violent groups,” CEO Bryan Fair said.
#law #DomesticTerrorism #extremism #WhiteSupremacy #MaleSupremacy #heterosexism #racism #sexism #WhiteChristianNationalism #PoliticalViolence
The #SPLC previously paid informants to infiltrate #extremist groups & gather information on their activities, often sharing it with local & federal law enforcement, Fair said. It was used to monitor threats of #violence, he said, adding that the program was kept quiet to protect the safety of informants.
#law #Trump #DOJ #DomesticTerrorism #extremism #WhiteSupremacy #MaleSupremacy #heterosexism #racism #sexism #WhiteChristianNationalism #PoliticalViolence #CivilRights
He said the organization “will vigorously defend ourselves, our staff, & our work.”
The #SPLC, which is based in Montgomery, Alabama, was founded in 1971 & used civil litigation to fight #WhiteSupremacist groups. The nonprofit has become a popular target among #Republicans who see it as overly leftist & partisan [because #WhiteSupremacy is a-okay with Republicans].
#law #Trump #DOJ #DomesticTerrorism #extremism #heterosexism #racism #sexism #WhiteChristianNationalism #PoliticalViolence
The Southern Poverty Law Center has faced intense criticism from #conservatives, who have accused it of unfairly maligning right-wing organizations as #extremist groups because of their viewpoints [you know the viewpoints of — #WhiteSupremacy #MaleSupremacy #heterosexism #WhiteChristianNationalism etc]. The #SPLC regularly condemns #Trump’s rhetoric & policies around #VotingRights, #immigration & other issues.
#law #DOJ #DomesticTerrorism #extremism #racism #sexism #PoliticalViolence
The #SPLC came under fresh scrutiny after the murder last year of conservative activist Charlie Kirk brought renewed attention to its characterization of the group that Kirk founded & led. The SPLC included a section on that group, Turning Point USA, in a report titled “The Year in #Hate & #Extremism 2024” that [rightly] described the group as “A Case Study of the Hard Right in 2024.”
#law #Trump #WhiteSupremacy #MaleSupremacy #heterosexism #WhiteChristianNationalism #PoliticalViolence
#FBI Dir #KashPatel said last year that the agency was severing its relationship with the #SPLC, which had long provided law enforcement with research on #HateCrime & domestic #extremism. Patel said the SPLC had been turned into a “partisan smear machine,” & accused it of defaming “mainstream Americans” with its “hate map” that documents alleged anti-government & hate groups inside the US.
#law #Trump #DomesticTerrorism #heterosexism #racism #sexism #WhiteChristianNationalism #PoliticalViolence
#House #Republicans hosted a hearing centered on the #SPLC in December, saying it coordinated efforts with President Joe Biden’s Democratic admin “to target Christian & conservative Americans & deprive them of their constitutional rights to free speech & free association.” [only if they’re planning or performing acts of #violence & then all they do is report them & publish articles about them… so???]
#law #Trump #DOJ #DomesticTerrorism #extremism #heterosexism #racism #sexism #PoliticalViolence
Southern Poverty Law Center indicted over alleged use of paid informants in #extremist groups
The #SPLC was indicted Tuesday over a discontinued program that used paid confidential informants to penetrate white supremacist & other organizations, Acting Attorney General #ToddBlanche announced.
#law #Trump #DOJ #DomesticTerrorism #extremism #WhiteSupremacy #MaleSupremacy #heterosexism #racism #sexism #WhiteChristianNationalism #PoliticalViolence #CivilRights
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#Trump is going after the people who expose #DomesticTerrorism operations.
The Southern Poverty Law Center [#SPLC] says it’s the subject of a #criminal investigation by the “Justice” Dept & faces possible charges over its past use of paid informants to infiltrate #extremist groups.
#law #DOJ #extremism #WhiteSupremacy #MaleSupremacy #heterosexism #racism #sexism #WhiteChristianNationalism #PoliticalViolence #CivilRights
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