Paxton opens investigation into SPLC as judge sets trial for fraud case
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has launched an investigation into the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) amid a federal fraud case against the organization. The SPLC is accused of misusing donor funds to pay informants linked to extremist groups. A jury trial for the fraud case is scheduled to begin on October 5 in Montgomery, Alabama.
- ▪Ken Paxton announced an investigation into the SPLC on Monday.
- ▪The SPLC is facing a federal fraud case related to its funding practices.
- ▪A jury trial for the SPLC's fraud case is set for October 5 in Montgomery, Alabama.
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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced a new investigation into the Southern Poverty Law Center on Monday as a federal judge in Alabama moved forward with a criminal fraud case against the civil rights organization, setting a jury trial for October. Paxton said his office has opened an investigation into the Alabama-based nonprofit group over allegations tied to its funding of “certain violent extremist groups that it claimed to oppose,” according to a press release from the attorney general’s office.
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