The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) has been indicted on federal fraud charges for allegedly secretly funding hate groups, including the Ku Klux Klan.
According to the indictment, the SPLC ran a program of informants in various hate groups to gather information on their activities, with $3 million paid to informants via the now-defunct program.
The DOJ alleges that a portion of the money funneled to these groups was used to commit crimes, with over $73,000 allegedly given to former KKK members.
The SPLC has denied the allegations, saying they will continue to vigorously defend themselves and their work.
The indictment has brought the SPLC under scrutiny, particularly in relation to their role in Trump's 2017 Charlottesville rally, where one of the groups allegedly funded by the SPLC, Unite the Right, played a key role.
