"The federal government, through the DOJ and FBI specifically, have also paid confidential informants inside hate groups."
The Southern Poverty Law Center has operated a confidential informant program within hate groups for nearly forty years, contributing to the decline of the Ku Klux Klan. Recently, the Trump Justice Department indicted the SPLC on multiple counts, including wire fraud and conspiracy. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche accused the SPLC of exploiting donor money to profit from hate groups. The indictment raises questions about the government's own practices regarding informants in hate groups and the current oversight of such organizations.
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