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RussBLib

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Sun Apr 26, 2026, 09:49 PM Sunday

The SPLC indictment is exactly what you think it is--pure BS

Good Opinion piece in the Alabama Political Reporter on the DOJ vs SPLJ


COURTS Opinion | The SPLC indictment is exactly what you think it is—pure BS
by Josh Moon
4/22/26

It has been said that a prosecutor can indict a ham sandwich. Apparently, the way to do so is with pure bullsh*t.

We know this to be true because the Trump Department of Justice, using grade-A BS, managed to sucker a Montgomery grand jury into a multi-count indictment alleging fraud, conspiracy and wire fraud against the Southern Poverty Law Center on Tuesday. To put that another way, the guys who don’t have time to bring charges against a single human male for the multitudes of child rape allegations contained in the Epstein files, managed to find a conspiracy to promote racism perpetrated by SPLC because it paid confidential informants who were members of hate groups.

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The SPLC paid bad people to give good information on other bad people and bad organizations. Or to put it another way: It did exactly what we all thought the SPLC has been doing for years.

And really, that’s what this is all about—hitting back at an organization that has litigated against hatefulness, discrimination and bigotry. Because we have the absolute worst people imaginable in charge of our justice system.

They are on a rampage against decency and against any group of people who dared stand up for it. The SPLC has long been a shining star for exposing hateful groups and awful humans.

That made it the biggest target.

the rest at https://www.alreporter.com/2026/04/22/opinion-the-splc-indictment-is-exactly-what-you-think-it-is-pure-bs/

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These are two very different things somsai 22 hrs ago #3

somsai

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3. These are two very different things
Mon Apr 27, 2026, 04:06 PM
22 hrs ago

There is the government's case saying there was a mishandling of moneys, which might well be true but it not an egregious crime.

Then there is the much more important argument being made in the court of public opinion which is the reason the government brought the case in the first place. (supposition on my part as is everything I write) The government is saying the SPLC was funneling money into hate groups so they would have a juicy enemy to fight back against in their efforts to raise money. The SPLC counters by saying they were legit payments to informants in the groups.

I've no idea how things will turn out. A few year ago the SPLC had an embarrassing resignation and shake up amongst accusations of racism, sexual harassment, etc combined with a withering expose in the New Yorker. The CEO resigned. The SLLC currently has about a billion dollars, and that's a lot of money. The amounts given to informants from memory totalled about 3+ million over a few orgs and over a few years. Often the people receiving the money were the heads of the orgs. On an individual basis the totals to one person didn't seem to add up to very much money.

Hard to say. More might come out during discovery or they might come to an agreement before trial.

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