{"id":2594601,"date":"2026-04-24T09:50:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T13:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-turns-up-the-heat-on-splc-investigation-expands-puts-biden-connections-and-lifetime-judge-under-microscope\/"},"modified":"2026-04-24T09:52:29","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T13:52:29","slug":"gop-turns-up-the-heat-on-splc-investigation-expands-puts-biden-connections-and-lifetime-judge-under-microscope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-turns-up-the-heat-on-splc-investigation-expands-puts-biden-connections-and-lifetime-judge-under-microscope\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP Turns Up the Heat on SPLC: Investigation Expands, Puts Biden Connections and Lifetime Judge Under Microscope"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgop-turns-up-the-heat-on-splc-investigation-expands-puts-biden-connections-and-lifetime-judge-under-microscope%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2594601&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A Western Journal article reports that the Southern Poverty Law Centre (SPLC) is facing an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-loves-to-say-his-wh-bid-was-sparked-by-charlottesville-rally-which-doj-says-the-splc-helped-plan\/\" title=\"Biden Loves to Say His WH Bid Was Sparked by Charlottesville Rally, Which DOJ Says the ... Helped Plan\">11-count federal indictment<\/a> from a Alabama grand jury, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sam-bankman-fried-to-be-released-to-parents-home-on-250-million-bond\/\" title=\"Sam Bankman-Fried to Be Released to Parents&#039; Home on 0 Million Bond\">charges including wire fraud<\/a>, false statements to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/silicon-valley-bank-shut-down-by-regulators-in-most-notable-failure-since-2008-crisis\/\" title=\"Silicon Valley Bank shut down by regulators in most notable failure since 2008 crisis\">federally insured bank<\/a>, and conspiracy to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-henry-cuellar-releases-statement-after-being-indicted-on-federal-charges\/\" title=\"Henry Cuellar, a Democrat, Issues Statement Post Federal Charges ...\">commit concealment money laundering<\/a>. Prosecutors allegedly accuse SPLC of funneling donor funds to extremist groups, such as the Ku Klux Klan, rather than using them as claimed. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche publicly stated that SPLC was \u201cfunding\u201d extremism rather than dismantling it, and the piece notes additional scrutiny from a Republican-led House Judiciary Committee, including demands for donor records and communications with the Biden management.The article also cites a FBI memorandum cited by Republicans and other media commentary, and mentions ongoing oversight and investigations related to SPLC\u2019s activities and associations.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>When it rains, it pours. Just ask the embattled Southern Poverty Law Center.<\/p>\n<p>The hyper-progressive nonprofit came under intense scrutiny this week when the Department of Justice <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/bombshell-indictment-leftist-splc-secretly-funneled-3-million-members-white-supremacist-extremist-groups\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announced<\/a> on Tuesday that the activist group had been issued an 11-count indictment by a federal grand jury in Alabama.<\/p>\n<p>The charges alleged that the SPLC &mdash; an advocacy entity that purports to combat &ldquo;hate&rdquo; &mdash; had actually spent years funneling money into the very groups it&rsquo;s supposed to be pushing back against, like the Ku Klux Klan.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Today, a grand jury in Alabama returned an 11-count indictment charging the Southern Poverty Law Center with wire fraud, false statements to a federally insured bank, and conspiracy to commit concealment money laundering.<br \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/splcenter?\">@splcenter<\/a> stands accused of manufacturing and creating&hellip;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Acting AG Todd Blanche (@DAGToddBlanche) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DAGToddBlanche\/status\/2046725845750882357?\">April 21, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadAnyclip() { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst container=document.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!container) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=\"https:\/\/player.anyclip.com\/anyclip-widget\/lre-widget\/prod\/v1\/src\/lre.js\"; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.setAttribute(\"pubname\", \"westernjournalcom\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.setAttribute(\"widgetname\", \"001w000001jULVcAAO_M12924\");  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ append inside the container so player shows in correct spot \t\t\t\t\t\tcontainer.appendChild(script); 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acting Attorney General Todd Blanche posted to X. &ldquo;[The SPLC] stands accused of manufacturing and creating the very extremism it purports to oppose.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Instead of dismantling extremism, [the SPLC] was funding it.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Blanche ended his post with, &ldquo;Today is just the beginning, stay tuned.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Turns out that Blanche was right &mdash; Tuesday was just the beginning for the SPLC.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, the House Judiciary Committee sent a <a href=\"https:\/\/judiciary.house.gov\/sites\/evo-subsites\/republicans-judiciary.house.gov\/files\/evo-media-document\/2026-04-23-jdj-to-splc-fair.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">letter<\/a> to SPLC President Bryan Fair letting him know that it&rsquo;s not just the Justice Department looking into his organization.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;At no point did the SPLC inform its donors that their charitable donations might be used to pay leaders of violent hate groups,&rdquo; the letter read. &ldquo;To conceal the source of these payments, the SPLC allegedly opened bank accounts under the name of various fictitious entities and transferred funds from those accounts to their informants.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;According to the indictment, these entities &lsquo;were never incorporated, had no bona fide employees, and conducted no actual business.&rsquo; Rather, their sole purpose was to enable the SPLC &ldquo;to conduct financial transactions that made it appear as if the [informants] were receiving money from the fictitious entities rather than receiving donated funds from the SPLC.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The committee, spearheaded by fiery Rep. Jim Jordan, wasn&rsquo;t done, however.<\/p>\n<p>Jordan demanded that the SPLC hand over a trove of documents, showcasing where money went and &mdash; perhaps more importantly &mdash; any and all communications with the administration of former President Joe Biden.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Committee on the Judiciary has been conducting oversight of the Biden-Harris Administration&rsquo;s close coordination with the SPLC on <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >federal civil rights matters<\/a>,&rdquo; Jordan continued in the letter. &ldquo;We have found that an internal FBI system contained at least 13 documents, including the Richmond memorandum that labeled traditional Catholics as &lsquo;violent extremists,&rsquo; that cited material from the SPLC.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/first-fox-splcs-legal-woes-grow-jim-jordan-fires-latest-salvo-left-wing-group\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News<\/a>, the Judiciary Committee&rsquo;s Senate counterparts &mdash; at least the Republicans &mdash; have made known that there&rsquo;s one more person worth looking into.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Every individual associated with SPLC should have to answer for what they knew about the organization&rsquo;s extremist ties, and when.<\/p>\n<p>That includes Nancy Abudu, SPLC&rsquo;s former litigation director who Biden appointed as a lifetime judge on the 11th Circuit. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/by0NA9Oz5i\">https:\/\/t.co\/by0NA9Oz5i<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Senate Judiciary Republicans (@SenJudiciaryGOP) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenJudiciaryGOP\/status\/2046944697663263054?\">April 22, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Every individual associated with SPLC should have to answer for what they knew about the organization&rsquo;s extremist ties, and when,&rdquo; the Senate Judiciary Committee Republicans posted. &ldquo;That includes Nancy Abudu, SPLC&rsquo;s former litigation director who Biden appointed as a lifetime judge on the 11th Circuit.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #171717; display: flex;font-size: 16px;font-weight: 600;line-height: 1.5;margin: 24px 0;padding: 18px 20px 18px 30px;text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"align-self: stretch;border-left: 3px solid #171717;flex-shrink: 0;padding-left: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<p><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/\">Choose The Western Journal as your preferred source on Google and never miss reporting that defends truth, protects freedom, and advances Western civilization<\/a><\/div>\n<p style=\"border: 1px solid #f5f5f5; padding: 16px;\">Advertise with The Western Journal and reach millions of highly engaged readers, while supporting our work. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/advertise-us\/?wj_source=article\">Advertise Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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