(The CenterSquare) – The Department of Justice’s indictment of the Southern Poverty Law Center will “increase public scrutiny” of the tax-exempt organization, which has nearly $800 million in assets, a research analyst says ... .
The Southern Poverty Law Center was indicted Tuesday on federal fraud charges alleging it improperly paid informants to infiltrate extremist groups without disclosing the payments to donors, acting Attorney GeneralToddBlanche said ... .
It’s unusual for federal authorities to take this kind of action when federal funding is not involved. And the SPLC does not accept government grants ....