2026年6月11日 美国东部时间11:27 / 福克斯新闻
众议员哈里斯援引司法部起诉书，指控该非营利组织用捐赠资金资助与极端组织有关的空壳公司
作者：彼得·达布罗斯卡 福克斯新闻
众议员马克·哈里斯敦促财政部剥夺SPLC的免税资格
一名共和党众议员希望剥夺南方贫困法律中心（SPLC）的免税资格，理由是他认为该组织存在反保守派偏见。
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独家报道—— 财政部长斯科特·贝森特被要求剥夺南方贫困法律中心（SPLC）的免税资格，此前一名共和党众议员指控该组织资助极端团体的行为是“欺诈行为”。
来自北卡罗来纳州的共和党众议员马克·哈里斯提出此项请求，他指出，南方贫困法律中心打着打击仇恨的幌子敛财数百万美元，却有明显迹象表明，该组织在其臭名昭著的“仇恨地图”中将保守派作为目标，而正如司法部（DOJ）的起诉书所指控的那样，该组织却在资助三K党等真正极端组织的活动。
“南方贫困法律中心已经到了一个非常明显的地步，他们早已不再是当初成立时的那个组织，而是变成了一个强大的左翼政治组织，实际上只是在资助大多数美国人得知后绝对会感到震惊的团体，”哈里斯周三在接受福克斯新闻数字频道采访时表示。
这名议员在写给贝森特的信中指出，符合免税资格的501(c)(3)组织“必须主要为慈善、教育或类似目的组织和运营，不得参与政治活动”，并解释了他为何认为南方贫困法律中心违反了这项法律。
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“[T]南方贫困法律中心一贯有针对性地将保守派团体列入其所谓的‘仇恨地图’，与三K党、雅利安兄弟会等组织并列，”信中写道。
“与此同时，自称民权组织的该组织却对反法同盟（Antifa）和简复仇（Jane’s Revenge）等暴力左翼团体视而不见。”
在本周早些时候的众议院司法委员会听证会上，身为牧师的哈里斯提及了拜登政府时期的一桩重大丑闻——司法部监控其所谓的“激进传统天主教徒”。据称拜登政府参考了南方贫困法律中心的指导意见，为这项监控行动正名。
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这家位于阿拉巴马州的非营利组织还将家庭研究理事会、捍卫自由联盟等主流基督教团体纳入其“仇恨地图”。
2012年，疯狂枪手弗洛伊德·李·科金斯二世袭击了华盛顿的家庭研究理事会办公室，并在发现该组织在南方贫困法律中心网站上被列为反LGBTQ组织后枪击了一名保安。
“我的意思是，我们可以没完没了地列举这些团体，但它们的共同点是，它们恰好都是美国的保守派团体，秉持保守原则，”哈里斯告诉福克斯新闻数字频道。
这位北卡罗来纳州众议员还就南方贫困法律中心将400万美元捐赠资金注入空壳公司以资助三K党和其他极端组织的指控进行了抨击，而该组织却声称自己在打击仇恨。
哈里斯在给贝森特的信中称，这是“欺诈行为”而非慈善行为，理应得到处理。
“一切都在国会山处理。财政部方面我们会提前做好准备。我们已经提前做好了准备，如果立法获得通过，我们将严格依法办事，”贝森特解释道。(马克·希费尔贝恩/美联社)
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“从我们从司法部这份起诉书中了解到的情况来看，甚至还提到了这400万美元是如何被滥用或使用的，其中一个例子是，他们实际上资助了一场三K党集会，资助了十字架焚烧，并支付了焚烧十字架的汽油费，”他说。
他指责南方贫困法律中心制造了它声称要打击的种族主义。
哈里斯援引了本周国会听证会的说法，即南方贫困法律中心在2017年弗吉尼亚州夏洛茨维尔致命的“团结右翼”集会后捐款激增。该组织被指控雇佣线人协助策划该集会。
“这些团体就是这么运作的，再说一遍，这变成了一台赚钱机器，”哈里斯说。“如果他们能不断挑起事端，让人们互相争斗，让人们分裂……那么他们就实现了自己想要的目标，归根结底，这一切都是为了万能的美元。”
司法部称南方贫困法律中心向白人至上主义者和极端组织转移了300多万美元
哈里斯的信总结道：“证据确凿：南方贫困法律中心并非作为慈善组织运营，因此应该失去其免税资格。我恭敬地请求您指示国税局审查南方贫困法律中心的501(c)(3)条款资格，并采取适当行动撤销其免税资格。”
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SPLC’s tax exempt status under scrutiny as congressman accuses group of ‘act of fraud’
June 11, 2026 11:27am EDT / Fox News
Rep Harris cites DOJ indictment alleging the nonprofit used donor dollars to fund shell companies tied to extremist groups
By Peter D’Abrosca Fox News
Rep. Mark Harris urges treasury to strip SPLC of tax exempt status
A Republican congressman wants the Southern Poverty Law Center to be stripped of its tax exempt status over what he views as anti-conservative bias.
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EXCLUSIVE —Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is being asked to strip the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) of its tax-exempt status, after a Republican congressman alleged their funding of extremist groups is “an act of fraud.”
The plea from Rep. Mark Harris, R-N.C., makes the case that while raking in millions under the guise of fighting hate, the SPLC showed a clear pattern of targeting conservatives on its infamous “Hate Map” while funding the activities of actual extremist groups like the Ku Klux Klan, as alleged in a Department of Justice (DOJ) indictment.
“The SPLC has reached a point where it’s become extremely obvious that they are certainly not the organization anymore that they were maybe even founded to be, but they’ve become a strong left-wing political organization that is really just funding groups that most Americans are absolutely and would be absolutely appalled to know,” Harris told Fox News Digital in a Wednesday interview.
Rep. Mark Harris questions Special Counsel Jack Smith during a House Judiciary Committee hearing in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 22, 2026. Smith testified on his team’s federal criminal investigations into President Donald Trump, including 2020 election interference and classified documents.(Al Drago/Getty Images)
The lawmaker’s letter to Bessent establishes that a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organization “must be organized and operated primarily for charitable, educational, or similar purposes and cannot engage in political activity,” and explains why he thinks the SPLC is bucking that law.
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“[T]he SPLC has consistently engaged in the partisan targeting of conservative groups by placing them on its so-called ‘hate map,’ alongside organizations such as the Ku Klux Klan and the Aryan Brotherhood,” the letter notes.
“Meanwhile, violent left-wing groups such as Antifa and Jane’s Revenge have been widely ignored by the self-described civil rights organization.”
During a House Judiciary Committee hearing earlier this week, Harris, a pastor, referenced a major Biden-era scandal — the DOJ’s monitoring of what it called “radical traditionalist Catholics.” The Biden administration allegedly used the SPLC’s guidance to justify the monitoring.
The Southern Poverty Law Center released its 2022 map showing hate and anti-government groups across the United States.(Southern Poverty Law Center)
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The Alabama-based nonprofit also lumped mainstream Christian groups, like the Family Research Council and Alliance Defending Freedom, into its “Hate Map.”
And in 2012, crazed gunman Floyd Lee Corkins II attacked the Family Research Council office in Washington, D.C., and shot a security guard after he found out they were designation as an anti-LGBT organization on the SPLC’s website.
“I mean, we could go on and on and list those groups, but they all have in common that they happen to be just conservative groups in this country that stand on conservative principles,” Harris told Fox News Digital.
The North Carolina representative also tore into the SPLC over allegations the group funneled $4 million donor dollars into shell companies to fund the KKK and other extremist organizations, all while claiming to fight hate.
Harris claimed in his letter to Bessent this was “an act of fraud” rather than charity, and needs to be addressed as such.
“It’s all in the hands of the it’s all up on Capitol Hill. At Treasury we prepare things in advance. We have prepared in advance that if the legislation is passed, but we will stick to the law,” explained Bessent.(Mark Schiefelbein/AP)
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“Through what we’re learning in this indictment by the Department of Justice that even points out how this $4 million has been misused or used, that one example was that they actually funded a Ku Klux Klan rally and funded the cross burning and paid for the gas to burn the cross,” he said.
He accused the SPLC of creating the racism it claimed to fight.
Harris referenced claims from this week’s congressional hearing that the SPLC saw a spike in contributions after the deadly 2017 “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. The group is accused of paying an informant to help plan the rally.
“That’s the way these groups work because, again, it becomes a money-making machine,” said Harris. “If they can keep things stirred up, if they keep things with people fighting, if they could keep people divided … then they accomplish what they want to accomplish, which at the end of the day, is all about the almighty dollar.”
The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) building seen in March 2020 in Montgomery, Alabama.(Barry Lewis/InPictures via Getty Images)
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Harris’ letter concluded: “The evidence is clear: the SPLC does not operate as a charitable organization and should therefore lose its tax-exempt status. I respectfully ask that you direct the IRS to examine the SPLC’s Section 501(c)(3) status and take appropriate action to revoke their tax-exempt status.”
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The SPLC has denied the DOJ’s allegations.
The group did not respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.
Peter D’Abrosca is a reporter at Fox News Digital covering politics.
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