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Alabama Grand Jury Indicts SPLC for $1 M Extremist Funding

4/26/2026

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Alabama grand jury indicted the SPLC on wire fraud, false bank statements, and money-laundering conspiracy.
SPLC spent over $1 million to fund a National Alliance member as an informant, despite calling the group irrelevant.
FBI Director Kash Patel said the SPLC claimed to fight extremist groups while secretly paying their leaders.
The informant broke into the Alliance headquarters, stole 25 boxes of documents, copied them, and gave them to the SPLC.

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Alabama grand jury indicted the SPLC on wire fraud, false bank statements, and money-laundering conspiracy.
SPLC spent over $1 million to fund a National Alliance member as an informant, despite calling the group irrelevant.
FBI Director Kash Patel said the SPLC claimed to fight extremist groups while secretly paying their leaders.
The informant broke into the Alliance headquarters, stole 25 boxes of documents, copied them, and gave them to the SPLC.