F.B.I. Knew Civil Rights Group Informants Helped Bring Down Extremists, Lawyers Say

The Southern Poverty Law Center aims to challenge the story the Trump administration is telling about its use of paid informants by showing that law enforcement agencies like the FBI used information from those very informants to make arrests and bring prosecutions www.nytimes.com/2026/04/28/u...

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What? Trump thought the southern lawyers who weren't afraid to confront the KKK would be afraid to confront his clown-car DOJ? Not even a tiny bit... www.nytimes.com/2026/04/28/u...

F.B.I. Knew Civil Rights Group Informants Helped Bring Down Extremists, Lawyers Say www.nytimes.com/2026/04/28/u.... DOJ, once afain, so stupid.

Unbelievable. To say the SPLC promotes far-right groups is like saying the police pay informants to promote crime. ➡️The [SPLC] law center pushed back firmly against the accusation that it sought to promote, not dismantle, far-right groups. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/28/u...

I mean, even if that’s true, the fact that the FBI knew about it for years and was cool with it is basically case closed on whether this indictment was politically motivated www.nytimes.com/2026/04/28/u...

The Southern Poverty Law Center is planning to challenge the larger story of deceit and hypocrisy the Trump administration has been telling about its use of paid informants, court papers suggest www.nytimes.com/2026/04/28/u...

Did informants help stop extremists—or fund them? Same facts, two narratives. The SPLC case isn’t just legal—it’s a battle over who gets to define the story. #Justice #Narrative www.nytimes.com/2026/04/28/u...

Obviously, a messaging suit designed to chill efforts by not for profits to defy the Trump agenda...they don't care about winning in court www.nytimes.com/2026/04/28/u...