2026年4月23日 美国东部时间下午6:00 / 福克斯新闻
检察官指控该非营利组织利用空壳公司向线人付款，这些线人曾宣传包括三K党在内的种族主义团体
作者：阿什利·奥利弗 福克斯新闻
南方贫困法律中心被指控资助极端组织并散布虚假叙事
史蒂夫·哈里根报道南方贫困法律中心被指控资助极端组织，并面临美国司法部的金融欺诈起诉。
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独家首发福克斯新闻： 众议院司法委员会周四升级了对南方贫困法律中心的审查，在一份联邦起诉书指控该组织将数百万美元的捐赠资金转移给极端组织后，要求该非营利组织提供相关文件。
众议院司法委员会主席、俄亥俄州共和党人吉姆·乔丹在一封首先由福克斯新闻数字频道获得的致南方贫困法律中心主席布莱恩·费尔的信中表示，由共和党领导的委员会正在调查南方贫困法律中心与拜登政府司法部和联邦调查局之间的任何协调，这两家机构都曾将这个左翼非营利组织作为资源。
乔丹要求南方贫困法律中心在4月30日前提交一系列文件。在此之前，参议院的共和党同僚也加强了对南方贫困法律中心的审查，代理司法部长托德·布兰奇也暗示可能会对该组织提出更多相关起诉。
此次从司法部延伸至国会的对南方贫困法律中心的调查不断升级，此前乔丹领导的委员会就曾调查过该组织，称其以“将多个主流保守派和宗教组织污蔑为‘仇恨团体’”而闻名，比如“自由妈妈”和“转折点美国”，并指出拜登司法部不当利用该组织开展民权执法工作。
[南方贫困法律中心在夏洛茨维尔集会后收入激增，司法部指其与线人有关联]
众议院司法委员会主席、俄亥俄州共和党人吉姆·乔丹在委员会会议上发言。（汤姆·威廉姆斯/CQ-Roll Call, Inc. 摄）
乔丹写道：“公开文件显示，在拜登-哈里斯政府期间，司法部如何与南方贫困法律中心密切合作，包括安排定期会议、让南方贫困法律中心提前获取联邦执法数据，并允许南方贫困法律中心员工为联邦检察官提供培训。” “起诉书中关于南方贫困法律中心的新信息只会引发更多疑问。”
乔丹还指出，在联邦调查局局长克里斯托弗·雷任期内，弗吉尼亚州里士满分局发布的一份有争议的内部备忘录，将所谓的“激进传统天主教徒”定性为更易实施暴力犯罪的群体，该备忘录就将南方贫困法律中心作为其调查结论的来源。这份备忘录于2023年曝光，雷随后收回了该文件，并称其是对宗教自由的“令人震惊的”侵犯。
乔丹在信中指出，这份里士满备忘录是十几份将南方贫困法律中心作为资源的联邦调查局文件之一。
司法部周二对南方贫困法律中心提起多项电信欺诈、向联邦投保银行提交虚假陈述以及共谋洗钱的指控，称该组织十多年来一直在欺骗捐赠者。
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代理司法部长托德·布兰奇2026年4月21日在华盛顿特区司法部与联邦调查局局长卡什·帕特尔一同召开的新闻发布会上，就南方贫困法律中心因洗钱指控被起诉一事发表讲话。（内森·波斯纳/安纳多卢通讯社 via 盖蒂图片社）
检察官表示，这个以宣传打击白人至上主义为己任的非营利组织，通过空壳公司掩盖捐赠资金的用途，以此误导捐赠者。检察官指控称，超过300万美元通过空壳公司支付给了线人，这些线人参与了涉及三K党和新纳粹国家社会主义运动等组织的活动。
检察官写道：“南方贫困法律中心的付费线人……积极宣传种族主义团体，而与此同时，南方贫困法律中心却在其网站上谴责这些团体。” 他们指出，据称其中一名线人甚至帮助策划了2017年在弗吉尼亚州夏洛茨维尔举行的“团结右翼”集会。
乔丹在信中写道：“国会在保护美国人免受极端主义暴力和犯罪活动侵害方面拥有重要利益。” “司法委员会一直在监督拜登-哈里斯政府在联邦民权事务上与南方贫困法律中心的密切协调。”
[拜登司法部传票了吉姆·乔丹两年多的通话记录]
新纳粹、另类右翼和白人至上主义者参与弗吉尼亚州夏洛茨维尔的“团结右翼”集会。（扎克·D·罗伯茨/NurPhoto via 盖蒂图片社）
参议院司法委员会周三将目标对准了一名曾与南方贫困法律中心有联系的女性，她是一名联邦法官，由拜登任命，终身任职于美国第十一巡回上诉法院。
委员会共和党人在X平台上的一份声明中写道：“每一个与南方贫困法律中心有关联的人都必须交代他们对该组织极端主义关联的了解情况，以及了解的时间。”
“这包括南希·阿布杜，她曾是南方贫困法律中心的诉讼主管，被拜登任命为第十一巡回上诉法院的终身法官。”
就在司法部宣布指控之前，费尔在一份公开声明中称，联邦调查是政治性的，而非出于真诚。
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费尔说：“他们毫不掩饰他们想要保护谁，想要摧毁谁。” 他指出该组织已不再与付费线人合作，但补充说他们曾“冒着生命危险”渗透极端主义团体。
福克斯新闻数字频道已联系南方贫困法律中心和阿布杜的办公室寻求置评。
阿什利·奥利弗是福克斯新闻数字频道和福克斯商业频道的记者，负责报道司法部和法律事务。可通过ashley.oliver@fox.com发送新闻线索。
FIRST ON FOX: SPLC’s legal woes grow as Jim Jordan fires latest salvo at left-wing group
April 23, 2026 6:00pm EDT / Fox News
Prosecutors allege the nonprofit used shell companies to pay informants who promoted racist groups, including the KKK
By Ashley Oliver Fox News
SPLC accused of funding extremists and pushing false narratives
Steve Harrigan reports on the Southern Poverty Law Center being accused of funding extremist groups and facing a DOJ indictment for financial fraud.
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FIRST ON FOX:The House Judiciary Committee escalated scrutiny of the Southern Poverty Law Center on Thursday, demanding documents from the nonprofit after a federal indictment alleged the group funneled millions in donor funds to extremist organizations.
Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, wrote in a letter first obtained by Fox News Digital to SPLC President Bryan Fair that the GOP-led committee was investigating any coordination between the SPLC and the Biden Department of Justice and FBI, both of which had used the left-wing nonprofit as a resource.
Jordan demanded a slate of documents from the SPLC by April 30, a request that comes after his Republican counterparts in the Senate also ramped up scrutiny of the SPLC and after acting Attorney General Todd Blanche hinted at more possible indictments related to the group.
The intensifying investigations into the SPLC, expanding from the DOJ to Congress, come after Jordan’s committee previously investigated the group, saying it was known for “maligning several mainstream conservative and religious organizations as ‘hate groups,’” such as Moms for Liberty and Turning Point USA, and that the Biden DOJ improperly used it for civil rights enforcement.
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House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, speaks during a committee session.(Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc)
“Publicly available documents revealed how the Justice Department partnered closely with the SPLC during the Biden-Harris Administration, including scheduling regular meetings, giving the SPLC early access to federal law-enforcement data, and allowing SPLC employees to train federal prosecutors,” Jordan wrote. “The new information about the SPLC alleged in the indictment only raises further questions.”
Jordan also noted that a controversial internal memo originating from the FBI Richmond Field Office during Director Christopher Wray’s tenure, which framed so-called radical-traditionalist Catholics as a group of people more prone to violent crime, used the SPLC as a source for its findings. The memo surfaced in 2023, with Wray later retracting it and saying it was an “appalling” breach of religious freedom.
Jordan’s letter pointed out that the Richmond memo was among more than a dozen FBI documents that used the SPLC as a resource.
The DOJ on Tuesday charged the SPLC with several counts of wire fraud, false statements to a federally insured bank and conspiracy to commit money laundering, alleging the group defrauded donors for more than a decade.
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Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche spoke during a press conference alongside FBI Director Kash Patel at the Department of Justice April 21, 2026, in Washington, D.C., about the indictment of the Southern Poverty Law Center on charges related to money laundering.(Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Prosecutors said the nonprofit, which promotes its efforts to fight White supremacy, misled donors by using shell companies to mask how donor funds were used. More than $3 million was paid through the shell companies to informants who participated in activities involving the Ku Klux Klan and the neo-Nazi National Socialist Movement, among others, prosecutors alleged.
“The SPLC’s paid informants … engaged in the active promotion of racist groups at the same time that the SPLC was denouncing the same groups on its website,” prosecutors wrote, noting one informant allegedly went so far as to help plan the 2017 Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.
“Congress has an important interest in protecting Americans from extremist violence and criminal activity,” Jordan wrote in his letter. “The Committee on the Judiciary has been conducting oversight of the Biden-Harris Administration’s close coordination with the SPLC on federal civil rights matters.”
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Neo-Nazis, the alt-right and White supremacists take part in the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Va.(Zach D Roberts/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
The Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday set its sights on a woman previously affiliated with the SPLC who was a federal judge and Biden appointee serving a lifetime appointment on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit.
“Every individual associated with SPLC should have to answer for what they knew about the organization’s extremist ties, and when,” committee Republicans wrote in a statement on X.
“That includes Nancy Abudu, SPLC’s former litigation director who Biden appointed as a lifetime judge on the 11th Circuit.”
Just before the DOJ announced charges, Fair said in a public statement that the federal investigation was political rather than sincere.
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“They have made no secret of who they want to protect and who they want to destroy,” Fair said, noting the group no longer works with paid informants but adding they had “risked their lives” to infiltrate extremist groups.
Fox News Digital reached out to the SPLC and Abudu’s chambers for comment.
Ashley Oliver is a reporter for Fox News Digital and FOX Business, covering the Justice Department and legal affairs. Email story tips to ashley.oliver@fox.com.
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