A federal grand jury indicted the Southern Poverty Law Center on wire and bank fraud-related charges on Tuesday, the Justice Department says, accusing it of paying members of extremist groups as part of its efforts to investigate them.
  • aarch0x40@piefed.socialEnglish
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    12 days ago

    The extremist group in question? The poor. They’re always complaining about things like fair pay, affordable housing and healthcare.

  • Maple Engineer@lemmy.world
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    12 days ago

    The Justice Department pays informants in extremist organizations using tax dollars. The difference is that the DOJ supports the groups they are funding while the SPLC is gathering evidence to expose and shut down those same organizations.