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美国司法部于4月以银行欺诈、电信欺诈和洗钱罪起诉南方贫困法律中心
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联邦检察官对一个左翼激进组织涉嫌金融犯罪的重磅起诉，正在佐治亚州2026年参议院选举中引发连锁反应，共和党人正借此攻击民主党佐治亚州参议员乔恩·奥索夫与该组织的过往关联。
美国司法部于4月对南方贫困法律中心提起刑事指控，称该中心通过秘密将资金转移至极端组织，以渗透和监视其活动的方式欺诈捐赠者。
作为2026年寻求连任的处境最岌岌可危的参议院民主党议员，奥索夫获得了该法律中心501(c)(4)附属机构的背书。根据美国联邦选举委员会(FEC)的备案文件，该组织在2020年向他的竞选账户捐赠了逾70万美元。
这位佐治亚州民主党议员还曾赞扬该组织所谓的反种族主义工作。
2020年3月在阿拉巴马州蒙哥马利拍摄的南方贫困法律中心(SPLC)大楼。(巴里·刘易斯/InPictures via 盖蒂图片社)
共和党参议院候选人米歇尔·塔福亚指责瓦尔兹、埃利森无视明尼苏达州诈骗阴谋
“感谢你们数十年来为美国民权所做的工作，”奥索夫在2021年11月庆祝该非营利组织成立50周年的视频中说道。
“和许多人一样，我对我们社会中日益加剧的两极分化、仇恨和不信任深感担忧，”他补充道。“如果我们想要作为一个国家和一个世界蓬勃发展，就必须重新致力于爱、宽容与和平共处的道路。”
而在此期间，联邦检察官指控南方贫困法律中心非但没有打击极端主义，反而为传播极端主义的组织提供资金支持。
根据这项包含11项罪名的起诉书，2014年至2023年间，这家总部位于阿拉巴马州的机构向美国三K党、雅利安民族及其他新纳粹组织的线人支付了逾300万美元。这些罪名包括银行欺诈、电信欺诈和洗钱。该组织据称通过使用假名开设银行账户来隐瞒这些付款，且未将其活动告知联邦执法部门。
根据起诉书，其中一名获得该法律中心逾27万美元报酬的线人，曾是一个在线团体的成员，该团体协助策划了2017年在弗吉尼亚州夏洛茨维尔造成人员死亡的“团结右翼”集会。联邦检察官表示，该线人是在南方贫困法律中心的指示下参加了集会，并代表这家左翼非营利组织“发布种族主义帖子”。
32岁的希瑟·海尔在一名男子驾车冲撞反抗议人群后丧生，另有近20人受伤。
“南方贫困法律中心并没有瓦解这些组织，”代理司法部长托德·布兰奇在4月的新闻发布会上表示。他补充道，该组织“反而据称通过付钱给线人煽动种族仇恨，制造了它自称反对的极端主义”。
南方贫困法律中心临时首席执行官布莱恩·费尔抨击这些指控是出于政治动机，并辩称这个早已终止的项目“挽救了生命”。
佐治亚州民主党参议员乔恩·奥索夫尽管与该组织存在过往关联，却未就南方贫困法律中心的起诉一事发表评论。(美联社)
获特朗普支持的候选人旨在巩固共和党脆弱的众议院多数席位，争夺玛乔丽·泰勒·格林的席位
共和党全国委员会(RNC)抨击奥索夫与该法律中心的关联。
“如果乔恩·奥索夫懦弱到不敢拒绝南方贫困法律中心的背书，不敢退还他们的捐款，那他就参与了向三K党等暴力极端组织输送数百万资金的勾当，”共和党全国委员会发言人艾玛·霍尔说道。“任何不谴责这些被起诉的诈骗犯的人，都不适合担任佐治亚州的公职——这是显而易见的。”
奥索夫并未就大陪审团的起诉书发表评论。他的竞选团队未回应多次置评请求。
奥索夫在11月的选举前面临着共和党候选人的激烈角逐。
佐治亚州联邦众议员迈克·柯林斯和巴迪·卡特，以及前田纳西大学橄榄球教练德里克·杜利正在一场日益激烈的三方竞争中争夺共和党提名。根据最近的民调，唐纳德·特朗普总统尚未介入该选区的竞选，该州相当一部分共和党选民尚未做出决定。
前田纳西大学橄榄球教练德里克·杜利、佐治亚州联邦众议员迈克·柯林斯(R-Ga.)和佐治亚州联邦众议员巴迪·卡特(R-Ga.)，都旨在在11月的中期选举中挑战民主党参议员乔恩·奥索夫。(阿曼达·安德拉德-罗亚德斯/美联社照片)
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这些共和党候选人筹集的资金仅为奥索夫竞选团队3170万美元竞选资金的一小部分。
无党派的库克政治报告于4月初将该选区的评级调整为“倾向民主党”，理由是共和党面临“日益恶化的全国政治环境”。
Jon Ossoff silent on SPLC indictment after taking more than $700K from affiliate of indicted group
May 4, 2026 6:00am EDT / Fox News
The DOJ charged the Southern Poverty Law Center with bank fraud, wire fraud and money laundering in April
By Adam Pack, Fox News
Federal prosecutors’ stunning indictment of a left-wing activist group for alleged financial crimes is reverberating in Georgia’s 2026 Senate race, with Republicans targeting Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., for his past ties to the organization.
The Department of Justice brought criminal charges against the Southern Poverty Law Center in April for allegedly defrauding its donors by secretly transferring money to extremist groups with the goal of infiltrating and monitoring their activities.
Ossoff, the most vulnerable Senate Democrat running for re-election in 2026, is endorsed by the law center’s 501(c)(4) arm. The group contributed more than $700,000 to his campaign account in 2020, according to Federal Election Commission (FEC) filings.
The Georgia Democrat has also praised the group’s purported efforts to combat racism.
The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) building seen in March 2020 in Montgomery, Alabama.(Barry Lewis/InPictures via Getty Images)
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“Thank you for decades of work defending civil rights in the United States,” Ossoff said in a video celebrating the nonprofit group’s 50th anniversary in November 2021.
“I’m deeply concerned, like many of you, by the rising level of polarization, hatred and mistrust in our society,” he added. “We must recommit to the path of love, tolerance and peaceful coexistence if we are to flourish as a nation and as a world.”
During that time, federal prosecutors allege that instead of combating extremism, the SPLC was providing financial support to organizations that spread it.
Between 2014 and 2023, the Alabama-based organization paid more than $3 million to informants belonging to the United Klans of America, the Aryan Nation and other neo-Nazi groups, according to the 11-count indictment, which included charges of bank fraud, wire fraud and money laundering. The group allegedly concealed the payments by setting up bank accounts under fictitious names and did not inform federal law enforcement about their activities.
One informant, who the law center paid more than $270,000, was a member of an online group that helped plan the deadly 2017 “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, according to the indictment. Federal prosecutors said the informant attended the rally at the direction of the SPLC and “made racist postings” on behalf of the left-wing nonprofit.
Thirty-two-year-old Heather Heyer died after a man drove his vehicle through a crowd of counter-protesters while injuring nearly 20 others.
“The SPLC was not dismantling these groups,” Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said at a news conference in April. The group, he added, “was instead allegedly manufacturing the extremism it purports to oppose by paying sources to stoke racial hatred.”
SPLC interim CEO Bryan Fair slammed the charges as politically motivated and has argued the since-defunct program “saved lives.”
Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., has not commented on the Southern Poverty Law Center indictment despite his past ties to the group.(AP)
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The Republican National Committee (RNC) hammered Ossoff’s ties to the law center.
“If Jon Ossoff is too spineless to reject the Southern Poverty Law Center’s endorsement and return their money, he’s complicit in funneling millions to violent extremist groups like the KKK,” RNC spokeswoman Emma Hall said. “Anyone who doesn’t condemn these indicted fraudsters is wrong for Georgia — plain and simple.”
Ossoff has not commented on the grand jury indictment. His campaign did not respond to multiple requests for comment.
Ossoff is facing a crowded field of GOP challengers ahead of November.
Reps. Mike Collins and Buddy Carter, R-Ga., and former University of Tennessee football coach Derek Dooley are vying for the Republican nomination in an increasingly bitter three-way contest. President Donald Trump has yet to intervene and a significant chunk of the state’s Republican voters are undecided, according to recent polling.
University of Tennessee football coach Derek Dooley, Rep. Mike Collins, R-Ga., and Rep. Buddy Carter, R-Ga., are aiming to take on Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., in November’s midterm elections.(Amanda Andrade-Rhoades/AP Photo)
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The GOP candidates have raised just a fraction of the Ossoff campaign’s $31.7 million war chest.
The nonpartisan Cook Political Report changed its race rating to “lean Democrat” in Ossoff’s favor earlier in April, citing an “increasingly sour national environment” for Republicans.
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