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According to a federal indictment announced in April 2026, the Justice Department alleges that the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) paid informants who stoke racial hatred and that the organization "was not dismantling these groups" but was instead "manufacturing the extremism it purports to oppose".
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The indictment, brought in Alabama in April 2026, alleges that the SPLC's actions were designed to create crises it could then claim to solve, in order to drive donations.
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Key Allegations from the April 2026 Indictment:
• Manufacturing Extremism: Prosecutors allege the SPLC secretly paid leaders of hate groups for information, funding these individuals with over $3 million between 2014 and 2023.
• "Stoking" Hatred: Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche alleged SPLC informants were instructed to "stoke racial hatred," rather than just monitor groups.
• "Unite the Right" Involvement: The indictment claims an SPLC informant helped plan and attended the 2017 "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville.
• Defrauding Donors: The SPLC is accused of using donor funds to pay the same individuals it publicly denounced.
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http://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28065541-splc-indictment-april-21-2026/