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SPLC Seeks Dismissal, Demands Grand Jury Transcripts Release

4/28/2026

Summary

Story summary

SPLC filed a motion to release the federal grand-jury transcripts and retract statements it says are false.
A federal grand jury in Alabama indicted SPLC on 11 counts of wire fraud, bank fraud and money-laundering, and the group seeks dismissal.
Acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche and FBI Director Kash Patel said SPLC concealed informant data, a claim the organization calls false.

History

Historical Context

Enron’s December 2 2001 Chapter 11 filing—then the nation’s biggest bankruptcy with $63.4 billion in assets—exposed massive accounting fraud and spurred the 2002 Sarbanes-Oxley Act’s corporate-governance reforms. Today, the Southern Poverty Law Center’s Alabama trial, led by Attorney General Todd Blanche and FBI Director Kash Patel, revives those transparency demands, prompting Congress to consider extending Sarbanes-Oxley protections to nonprofit watchdogs.

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Story summary

SPLC filed a motion to release the federal grand-jury transcripts and retract statements it says are false.
A federal grand jury in Alabama indicted SPLC on 11 counts of wire fraud, bank fraud and money-laundering, and the group seeks dismissal.
Acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche and FBI Director Kash Patel said SPLC concealed informant data, a claim the organization calls false.

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