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Cooke on Newsmax: SPLC Controversy Raises New Questions About Fraud and Accountability

The Daily Signal’s Senior Political and Legal Analyst Mehek Cooke said on Newsmax Wednesday that congressional scrutiny of the Southern Poverty Law Center over fraud concerns is long overdue, arguing that Americans deserve answers about whether the organization engaged in political targeting and how it used donor funds.

A federal grand jury in April charged the organization with 11 counts of wire fraud, making false statements to a federally insured bank, and conspiracy to commit concealment money laundering. The Justice Department alleged that the center deceived donors by paying the leaders of extremist groups it vowed to fight. The SPLC pleaded not guilty to all 11 counts, and said the payments were part of its informant program that helped prevent attacks and........

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