Prosecutors charge Heidi Beirich with financial crimes as part of case against the Southern Poverty Law Center
The justice department charged the SPLC in April over a now-ended program in which it paid informants to infiltrate white supremacist groups.
The government said the civil rights organization committed financial crimes by laundering money through bank accounts set up on behalf of fictitious entities to protect the identities of their informants. The government says the SPLC deceived donors into thinking they were combatting extremism, when they were actually supporting it.
The organization has strongly denied that accusation and says the charges are politically motivated. Experts have raised questions about the charges.
The SPLC is one of America’s greatest moral institutions, and something the legal profession should be proud of. Trying to destroy it speaks volumes. On payday I will give them money.
Ohh, an expert about the far right, not an expert who’s part of the far right. Took me too long to parse that headline
Probably intentional
As usual, Wonkette does a great job of contextualizing this.
The conservatives have been butthurt about SPLC doing damage to one of their favorite orgs, the KKK.
Nazi strategy. Spurious reasons to lock people up and quiet any dissent.
This won’t go far.
A.) They’d have to identify these white supremacist entities as actually being dangerous extremists, and won’t do that because their most racist supporters would revolt, shaving off more votes.
B.) They’d have to show that it’s illegal to use paid sources for investigation; it’s not & it’s something the FBI does on the regular.
EDIT: I love that you downvoting MAGA pukes are too afraid to actually post here. 🤣🤣🤣
It doesnt have to go far. This is the same play as the Broadview 6, Comey, and the refelecging pool guy. The charges are the point because yes, she probably has the means to defend against this but it is going to send a chilling affect across other people/organizations that may not have the same resources.
You’re making the bold assumption that the law works, which is a pillar that isn’t as reliable as it used to be. You’re likely right, but I don’t think that’s an immediate foregone conclusion
The SPLC should’ve ran their ops to the north, now they are dealing with some shitholy TN fed judge.
The SPLC should’ve ran
*run
Many regional dialects use the past-tense form as a participle, so your correction may be incorrect.
