2026-05-07T20:33:48.042Z / 美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）
作者：韦斯利·布劳尔、福尔摩斯·莱布兰德
发布于 2026年5月7日，美国东部时间下午4:33
4月21日，代理司法部长托德·布兰奇和联邦调查局局长卡什·帕特尔在华盛顿特区司法部的新闻发布会上发言。杰奎琳·马丁/美联社
在针对南方贫困法律中心的司法部欺诈案的首次听证会上，这家民权组织的一名律师表示，他认为该案可能会迎来第二份起诉书。
这名律师艾比·洛威尔告诉阿拉巴马州的一名联邦法官，该案的补充起诉书可能意味着目前预计在秋季进行的审判日期需要推迟。
南方贫困法律中心被指控利用虚构公司，在十年时间里秘密向极端主义和种族主义团体内部的线人支付报酬。
不过，该组织表示，这些线人提供了有关极端主义团体的宝贵信息，司法部在某些案件中也曾依赖这些信息。
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周四在蒙哥马利举行的听证会是针对该民权组织一项被检察官称为其已持续20年的行为的案件的首次听证会。
南方贫困法律中心首席执行官布莱恩·费尔对11项指控表示不认罪，其中包括电信欺诈、向联邦保险银行作出虚假陈述以及共谋洗钱。
这家成立于20世纪70年代初的组织以调查和追踪极端主义团体的工作而闻名，但共和党人指责该组织不公平地将保守派组织和个人贴上极端主义的标签。
在这张1989年的照片中，已故民权活动家的家属在阿拉巴马州蒙哥马利的南方贫困法律中心的民权纪念碑前进行私人瞻仰。戴夫·马丁/美联社
在知名右翼评论员查理·柯克被谋杀后，这种批评再次出现，共和党人指出，南方贫困法律中心在一份报告中将柯克的组织“转折点美国”描述为“2024年强硬右翼的案例研究”。
目前尚不清楚南方贫困法律中心除了已面临的指控外，还可能面临哪些指控。
“南方贫困法律中心将一如既往地站在历史正确的一边，成为希望的灯塔，”洛威尔在首次听证会结束后的新闻发布会上说道。
Attorney for SPLC expecting a superseding indictment in fraud case
2026-05-07T20:33:48.042Z / CNN
By Wesley Bruer, Holmes Lybrand
PUBLISHED May 7, 2026, 4:33 PM ET
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and FBI Director Kash Patel speak at a news conference at the Justice Department on April 21 in Washington, DC.
Jacquelyn Martin/AP
During the initial hearing in the Justice Department’s fraud case against the Southern Poverty Law Center, an attorney for the civil rights group said he believes a second indictment might be coming in the case.
The attorney, Abbe Lowell, told a federal judge in Alabama that a superseding indictment in the case could mean a trial date — currently expected to be in the fall — would need to be pushed back.
The SPLC has been charged with using fictious companies to secretly pay informants inside of extremist and racist groups over the span of a decade.
The group, however, says the informants passed along valuable information about the extremist groups that the Justice Department itself has relied on in certain cases.
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Thursday’s hearing in Montgomery was the first in the case against the SPLC over a practice which, according to prosecutors, the civil rights group has been engaged in for 20 years.
SPLC CEO Bryan Fair pleaded not guilty to 11 charges, including wire fraud, making false statements to a federally insured bank and conspiracy to commit money laundering.
While the organization, founded in the early 1970s, has been known for its work investigating and tracking extremist groups, Republicans have accused the SPLC of unfairly labelling conservative organizations and individuals as extremists.
In this 1989 photo, family members of fallen civil rights activists view the Civil Rights Memorial at the Southern Poverty Law Center during a private family viewing in Montgomery, Alabama.
Dave Martin/AP
Following the murder of prominent right-wing commentator Charlie Kirk, that criticism was made anew, with Republicans noting the SPLC had described Kirk’s organization Turning Point USA in a report as “A Case Study of the Hard Right in 2024.”
It’s unclear what charges the SPLC could face in addition to the charges it already faces.
“The Southern Poverty Law Center will continue, as it has in the past, to stand as a beacon of hope on the right side of history,” Lowell said in a press conference following the initial hearing.
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