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A grand jury indicted the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) for wire fraud, making false statements to a federally insured bank, and conspiracy to commit concealment money laundering Tuesday.
The SPLC’s “stated mission included the dismantling of white supremacy and confronting hate across the country. However, unbeknownst to donors, some of their donated money was being used to fund the leaders and organizers of racist groups, including the Ku Klux Klan, the Aryan Nation, and the National Alliance,”readsthe indictment.
The indictment alleges that the SPLC paid informants (field sources) who “engaged in the active promotion of racist groups at the same time that the SPLC was denouncing the same groups on its website.” One such field source allegedly helped plan the 2017 Charlottesville rally.
Leftists have reacted to the indictment with various degrees of outrage.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffriesdismissedthe “so-called indictment” against the SPLC as “baseless and illegitimate.”
“These partisan hacks who continue to weaponize the criminal justice system against perceived opponents will never intimidate us,” Jeffries wrote Tuesday. “And all of them will be held accountable for their corrupt behavior no matter what it takes.”
Jeffries does not quarrel with any specific evidence or assertion. He quarrels with the outcome: A prominent left-wing group facing legal consequences for alleged wrongdoing.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumeraccusedthe Trump administration of “waging a vindictive campaign against the organizations that safeguard our democracy” and launching an “assault on the institutions that make freedom real for everyone.”
Schumer, like Jeffries, assumes the indictment is illegitimate without explaining why he believes that to be the case. Except for the usual reason:Trump bad.
Source: The Vigilant Fox
