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SPLC Accused of Funding Hate Groups | Salt Lake City News
The SPLC, notorious for tracking hate groups, is under fire as the Justice Department arrests Heidi Beirich, its former top intelligence official, accused of secretly funneling $4.2 million in donor funds to white supremacist and neo-Nazi organizations — the very extremists the group claims to combat. Prosecutors allege she authorized payments to informants, including one with whom she had a romantic relationship, and set up fake accounts to obscure the illegal transfers. The FBI says Beirich helped orchestrate this fraud, while her lawyer and the SPLC deny all charges, calling them…
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