SPLC Under Fire Over Informant Funding | Salt Lake City News

Salt Lake City News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Jul 9, 2026 · 1m

The Southern Poverty Law Center is locked in a high-stakes legal battle after being accused of secretly funding extremist leaders—including KKK figures—with over $4 million in donor money, allegedly to gather intelligence. The Department of Justice claims the SPLC operated in a clandestine manner, hiding the true use of funds from donors, while the SPLC denies wrongdoing, calling the charges a political vendetta aimed at silencing protected speech. At the heart of the case is whether donors were fully informed about how their money was spent—and whether the SPLC’s informant tactics, rooted in…