The disgraced Southern Poverty Law Center’s criminal behavior has gone peak viral, attracting the attention of even billionaire Elon Musk.
In response to a report alleging that the SPLC had paid KKK members to stay in the Klan, Musk bluntly wrote in a tweet that the “SPLC is a criminal organization.”
His post was later retweeted by FBI Director Kash Patel:
We are following the money because MONEY DOESN’T LIE! https://t.co/2k8VFiV0LH
— FBI Director Kash Patel (@FBIDirectorKash) June 5, 2026
The tweets from Musk and Patel came after a brand new Fox News report about a “superseding indictment” against the SPLC that the Trump Department of Justice has obtained.
“The superseding indictment builds on an 11-count charge that the Justice Department filed against the SPLC in April,” according to the network. “The new document alleges how $4 million worth of donations to the SPLC were used by informants to, in part, grow extremist groups, buy materials for cross burnings, and purchase materials to make KKK robes and hoods.”
“The DOJ says some SPLC workers knew that donor money was being used for these activities. And in one instance, federal prosecutors allege an SPLC employee actually encouraged two people to remain in the KKK, even though they wanted to leave, and offered to pay them a $1,200 monthly salary to stay,” the report continued.
Listen:
Federal prosecutors have expanded their case against the Southern Poverty Law Center, alleging the group hid from donors that millions of dollars were used to fund informants inside extremist organizations, including activities tied to the KKK.
The SPLC denies the claims, saying… pic.twitter.com/TfGudMA7EU
— Fox News (@FoxNews) June 5, 2026
The SPLC has sought to defend itself by alleging that it’d worked in tandem with the authorities, sharing all its findings with them. The DOJ doesn’t buy it.
“The Justice Department says the SPLC committed wire fraud by hiding from donors how their funds were being used, creating a series of shell accounts to pay informants,” according to Fox News. “Yet the group’s revenue continued to grow from roughly $39 million in 2010 to $129 million in 2023.”
Appearing on Fox News’ “Hannity” this Thursday, House Judiciary Committee chairman Jim Jordan reported that the SPLC “nearly tripled” its revenue after the manufactured Charlottesville controversy.
“They almost tripled their revenue after the now famous Charlottesville rally, where a person was killed and one of the guys they were paying was promoting that rally, coordinating transportation,” he said. “After that rally, they almost tripled their revenue.”
Listen:
.@Jim_Jordan – The SPLC nearly tripled its revenue after Charlottesville pic.twitter.com/CUfPur8sDM
— Sean Hannity 🇺🇸 (@seanhannity) June 5, 2026
Jordan also implicated the Biden administration.
“The Biden Justice Department knew about this,” he argued. “They were investigating it, but they didn’t bring the charges and I think the reason is obvious.”
“Well, of course, you can’t charge them when you’re making them the standard — when you’re working with [them]. They actually had Southern Poverty Law Center people come in and help train the prosecutors in the Biden Justice Department,” he added.
This was true.
“[M]ultiple documents obtained by America First Legal show that the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division partnered with the SPLC, ‘including scheduling regular meetings, giving the SPLC early access to federal law-enforcement data, and also allowing SPLC employees to train DOJ prosecutors,'” according to The Daily Signal.
“Among other things, the DOJ cited the SPLC in a memo targeting ‘radical traditional Catholics,’ and then-Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke met with SPLC staff repeatedly,” according to the reporting.
Despite this damning reporting, the SPLC pleaded not guilty to the original charges filed in April and recently asked a court to dismiss the case, arguing that it was the victim of vindictive prosecution.
“This apparent superseding indictment attempts to shore up the flaws in the initial charges, but it changes nothing,” SPLC attorney Abbe Lowell told CBS News. “The SPLC did not lie to its donors, it did not mislead banks it did business with, and its informant program prevented violence and saved lives.”
Lowell also alleged that the DOJ shared the indictment with the media before it was unsealed in federal court.
This represents “another example of the government’s troubling and unusual handling of this case,” he maintained.
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V. Saxena is a staff writer with a decade of experience as a professional writer, and a lifetime of experience as an avid news junkie. He holds a degree in computer technology from Purdue University. Saxena also contributes to BizPac Review.
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