2026-06-09T19:39:14.821Z / 美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）
作者：霍姆斯·莱布兰德
21分钟前
发布时间：2026年6月9日，美国东部时间下午3:39
摘要
- 南方贫困法律中心临时主席在一场充满争议的国会听证会上为该民权组织此前的线人卧底计划辩护。
- 共和党议员就南方贫困法律中心滥用捐赠资金向极端组织线人支付报酬的指控向布莱恩·费尔提出质询。
- 民主党人士称针对南方贫困法律中心的刑事诉讼是特朗普政府出于政治动机发起的。
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南方贫困法律中心临时主席兼首席执行官布莱恩·费尔于周二举行的听证会上，就该组织此前在种族主义团体中安插线人的计划遭到共和党议员的尖锐质问。
此次听证会召开之际，该组织正因该计划面临刑事指控，包括其滥用捐赠资金向极端组织头目支付报酬以及购买用于焚烧十字架活动的木材的指控。
“我们不会资助三K党，”南方贫困法律中心临时主席布莱恩·费尔在被反复追问该计划后对共和党众议员哈丽雅特·哈格曼说道，“我们不会资助仇恨团体。”
“但你们给三K党、国家社会主义运动和雅利安民族提供了410万美元资金，”哈格曼反驳道。
费尔重复了他在周二听证会上一贯的说法，回应称“这些是将在刑事诉讼中得到处理的指控”。
费尔代表南方贫困法律中心于上月在阿拉巴马州联邦法院对电信欺诈、虚假陈述和洗钱指控拒不认罪。
司法部指控南方贫困法律中心向捐赠者隐瞒卧底计划，并利用空壳公司为其渗透白人至上主义组织的人员提供资金。
这个以针对三K党等暴力极端组织开展法律和调查工作而闻名的团体，数十年来一直遭到共和党人士的猛烈批评，他们指责该组织不公平地将右翼团体作为目标并加以诋毁。
当众议院司法委员会主席吉姆·乔丹众议员问及南方贫困法律中心为何解散该计划时，费尔将矛头指向了政府。
“我们停止该计划是因为我们认为仇恨和极端主义已大规模转移到线上以及政府机构内部，”费尔说道。
“哇，”乔丹回应道，“这话说得太夸张了，完全不合逻辑。”
费尔表示，执法部门知晓该计划，并在过去针对极端组织的案件中从这些线人收集的情报中获益。
“我们已经在提交的文件中表明，我们没有向捐赠者撒谎，也没有资助任何仇恨团体，”费尔周二对议员们说道，“司法部知道我们一直在与他们合作。”
民主党人士在周二的听证会上全程为南方贫困法律中心辩护，称代理司法部长托德·布兰奇是应唐纳德·特朗普总统的要求提起诉讼的。特朗普于周一正式提名布兰奇出任该职位。
“我们知道这项起诉的背后原因，”民主党众议员黛博拉·罗斯在听证会上说道，“这只是托德·布兰奇和司法部为迎合总统、为他担任司法部长的为期一个月的‘试镜’而采取的诸多压制异见的政治打压手段之一。”
罗斯继续说道：“这是在向唐纳德·特朗普表忠心，但显然不是在忠于法律。”
本月早些时候公布的补充起诉书指控南方贫困法律中心在2010年至2023年间通过所谓的空壳公司转移了410万美元，检察官称其中大部分资金用于支付这些线人。
起诉书还指控其中一名线人与一名负责向特工支付报酬的南方贫困法律中心员工存在恋爱关系。根据起诉书，两人据称同居，并使用部分资金支付生活开支。
“我们将通过机密线人计划获取的信息分享给地方、州和联邦执法部门，以防止针对公众的种族暴力，保护我们的员工，”费尔在周二为该计划辩护时说道。
Southern Poverty Law Center chair put on defensive during heated congressional hearing: ‘We don’t fund hate groups’
2026-06-09T19:39:14.821Z / CNN
By Holmes Lybrand
21 min ago
PUBLISHED Jun 9, 2026, 3:39 PM ET
Bryan Fair, interim president and CEO of the Southern Poverty Law Center, attends a House Judiciary Committee hearing on June 9.
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Summary
- The Southern Poverty Law Center’s interim president defended the civil rights organization’s former undercover informant program during a contentious congressional hearing.
- Republican lawmakers questioned Bryan Fair about allegations the SPLC misused donor funds to pay informants in extremist groups.
- Democrats said the criminal case against the SPLC was politically motivated by the Trump administration.
AI-generated summary was reviewed by a CNN editor.
The Southern Poverty Law Center’s interim president and CEO faced tough questions from Republican lawmakers during a hearing Tuesday over the organization’s former program of running informants in racist groups.
The hearing comes as the group faces criminal charges over the program, including allegations that it misused donor money to pay leaders in extremist groups and buy wood used in cross-burning events.
“We don’t fund the KKK,” the SPLC’s interim president, Bryan Fair, told Republican Rep. Harriet Hageman after being pressed on the program repeatedly. “We don’t fund hate groups.”
“Except the $4.1 million that you gave to the KKK, the National Socialist Movement, and the Aryan Nations,” Hageman shot back.
Fair, repeating language that he used throughout Tuesday’s hearing, responded that “those are allegations that will be addressed in the criminal case.”
Fair, on behalf of SPLC, pleaded not guilty last month in Alabama federal court to wire fraud, false statements and money laundering charges.
The Justice Department has accused the SPLC of hiding the undercover program from its donors and of using shell companies to fund the people it used to infiltrate White supremacy organizations.
The group, known for its legal and investigative work against violent extremist groups like the Ku Klux Klan, has been heavily criticized for decades by Republicans who allege the organization unfairly targets and maligns right-wing groups.
When asked by Rep. Jim Jordan, the House Judiciary Committee chairman, why the SPLC dismantled the program, Fair turned on the government.
“We stopped the program because we believed hate and extremism has migrated significantly online and into government agencies,” Fair said.
“Wow,” Jordan replied. “That’s big. That makes no sense.”
Fair said law enforcement were aware of the program and have benefited from the intelligence gathered by these informants in past cases against the extremist groups.
“We’ve already asserted in our filings that we did not lie to our donors, that we did not fund any hate groups,” Fair told lawmakers Tuesday. “The Department of Justice knew that we were working with them.”
Democrats came to the SPLC’s defense throughout Tuesday’s hearing, alleging acting Attorney General Todd Blanche brought the case at the behest of President Donald Trump. Trump on Monday formally nominated Blanche to the post.
“We know why this indictment was brought,” Democratic Rep. Deborah Ross said during the hearing. “It’s just one of the many weaponized moves that Todd Blanche and the DOJ have taken at the president’s behest to silence dissent for his monthlong audition for attorney general.”
Ross continued: “This is proving loyalty to Donald Trump, but it’s clearly not loyalty to the law.”
A superseding indictment handed up earlier this month alleges the SPLC diverted $4.1 million from 2010 to 2023 through alleged shell companies, much of which prosecutors say was used to pay these informants.
The indictment also alleges one of the informants was in a romantic relationship with an SPLC employee who oversaw payments to the operatives. The pair allegedly lived together and used some of the funds to pay for living expenses, according to the indictment.
“We shared information that we learned through our confidential informant program with local, state and federal law enforcement to prevent racial violence against the public at large and to protect our staff,” Fair said in defending the program Tuesday.
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