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Neo-Nazi, Klan ‘Cyclops’ and ‘Sadistic’ biker: Here’s who SPLC paid in its informant network
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The Montgomery-based Southern Poverty Law Center was indicted this week on federal fraud charges stemming from a years-long covert paid informant program, which Justice Department officials said allocated millions of dollars in donations to a network of informants affiliated with or closely tied to White supremacist and neo-Nazi groups.
The 11-count indictment accuses the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) of wire fraud, false statements to a federally insured bank, and conspiracy to commit concealment money laundering.
According to the Justice Department, the SPLC sent some $3 million to its paid informants between 2014 and 2023 — including persons affiliated with the United Klans of America, the National Socialist Party of America, and the Aryan Nations-linked «Sadistic Souls Motorcycle Club,» among others.
Senior Trump administration officials took aim at the covert paid informant program, which funneled outside donations, at least in part, to informants affiliated with the same extremist groups the SPLC was founded decades earlier to oppose.
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Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche spoke during a press conference alongside FBI Director Kash Patel at the Department of Justice on April 21, 2026, in Washington, D.C., following the indictment of the Southern Poverty Law Center on charges related to money laundering. (Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images)
»As the indictment describes, the SPLC was not dismantling these groups,» Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche told reporters Tuesday at a press conference.
«It was instead manufacturing the extremism it purports to oppose by paying sources to stoke racial hatred.»
The SPLC’s paid informant program funded individuals with ties to the Ku Klux Klan, the National Socialist Party of America, and others — including a member of an online «leadership chat group» that helped plan the deadly «Unite the Right» rally in Charlottesville, officials said.
Here are the top five most eye-popping paid informants revealed in this week’s indictment.
1. The Charlottesville coordinator
Among the paid informants identified in the indictment is a member of an online «leadership chat group» that Blanche said helped plan the deadly 2017 «Unite the Right» event in Charlottesville, Virginia.
The individual, referred to only as «F-37,» attended the event at the direction of the SPLC and was paid more than $270,000 for his or her work as an informant between 2015 and 2023, according to the indictment.
The indictment alleges that the individual shared «racist social media posts and helped organize transportation to events» associated with the deadly rally.
The news that the informant helped coordinate logistics, at least in some small part, for the deadly rally while under SPLC supervision is significant, especially given that the aftermath of the event prompted a new influx of donations to the nonprofit.
«They lied to their donors, vowing to dismantle violent extremist groups, and actually turned around and paid the leaders of these very extremist groups — even utilizing the funds to have these groups facilitate the commission of state and federal crimes,» FBI Director Kash Patel said. «That is illegal — and this is an ongoing investigation against all individuals involved.»
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Clashes occurred at the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Va., on Aug. 12, 2017. (Evelyn Hockstein/For The Washington Post via Getty Images)
2. A million-dollar burglar
One longtime member of the National Alliance, a White supremacist group tied to multiple violent attacks, profited handsomely from the SPLC in his role as a paid informant.
According to the indictment, SPLC paid the National Alliance member more than $1 million over a nine-year period for his role, which included clandestine activities such as breaking into the group’s headquarters to steal some 25 boxes of documents, which he photocopied and distributed to the SPLC.
The group appears to have later used those documents to create a report about the National Alliance.
After the stolen documents were utilized partly in public, SPLC paid another National Alliance member $6,000 to falsely take responsibility for the theft.
The National Alliance and the writings of its founder have been closely associated with a litany of violent attacks since the 1980s, including a 1999 multi-state shooting spree targeting minorities and Jewish Americans, and the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing.
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Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and Assistant Attorney General for the Fraud Division Colin McDonald leave the Justice Department after a news conference on the Trump administration’s anti-fraud efforts in Washington on April 7, 2026. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)
3. The ‘extremist file’ chairman
The SPLC also shelled out more than $140,000 to a paid informant who chaired the National Alliance neo-Nazi group.
The indictment accuses the SPLC of funneling tens of thousands of dollars to the individual between 2016 and 2023.
At least some of the payments occurred at the same time the National Alliance chairman himself was listed on the SPLC’s website, as part of its public «Extremist File» website — a striking and somewhat ironic fact, given that the site was warning the public about how dangerous the individual was.
4. Klan ‘Imperial Wizard’
Among the paid informants was an «Imperial Wizard» of The United Klans of America, a White supremacist group that the SPLC has linked to the 1963 16th Street Baptist Church bombing in Birmingham, Alabama, that killed four young girls and injured more than a dozen others.
Martin Luther King Jr. described the bombing, which exploded 19 sticks of pre-laid dynamite beneath the steps of a local church, as «one of the most vicious and tragic crimes ever perpetrated against humanity.» It was unclear how much the paid informant received from the SPLC.
Separately, SPLC also funneled money to a Ku Klux Klan member and spouse of an «Exalted Cyclops» — or a local Klan leader tasked with overseeing membership, organizing meetings, and directing activities.
According to the indictment, the informant’s link to the SPLC became known during the KKK chapter’s application to partake in the «Adopt-A-Highway» program, resulting in the discovery of more than $3,500 in known payments from the SPLC.
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5. $300K ‘Sadistic Souls’ biker
During the six-year period between 2014 and 2020, the SPLC sent a staggering $300,000 to one paid informant, F-27, who was an officer in both the National Socialist Movement group and the Aryan Nations-affiliated Sadistic Souls Motorcycle Club.
The SPLC also sent some $160,000 to other extremist groups, including the former Grand Wizard of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan.
No individuals were named in the indictment, though Blanche noted during a press conference Tuesday that the investigation is ongoing.
According to federal prosecutors, the SPLC’s paid informant program began in the 1980s, shortly after its founding in the 1970s, and allegedly relied on a series of bank accounts set up for fictitious entities and used to funnel the covert payments to informants.
«They’re required to under the laws associated with a nonprofit to have certain transparency and honesty in what they’re telling donors they’re going to spend money on and what their mission statement is and what they’re raising money doing,» Blanche said.
The news comes as the SPLC has seen an increase in public support in recent years — including a groundswell of donations following the 2017 Unite the Right rally, and from prominent donors including George Clooney and Apple CEO Tim Cook.
«Donors gave their money believing they were supporting the fight against violent extremism,» Kevin Davidson, the acting U.S. attorney for the Middle District of Alabama, said in a statement.
«As alleged, the SPLC instead diverted a portion of those funds to benefit individuals and groups they claimed to oppose,» Davidson added.
«That kind of deception undermines public trust and social cohesion.»
A spokesperson for the Southern Poverty Law Center told Fox News Digital earlier this week they are reviewing the indictment. The group has denied all allegations of wrongdoing.
«Taking on violent hate and extremist groups is among the most dangerous work there is, and we believe it is also among the most important work we do,» interim SPLC president Bryan Fair said this week in a statement. «The actions by the DOJ will not shake our resolve to fight for justice and ensure the promise of the Civil Rights Movement becomes a reality for all.»
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The spokesperson for the SPLC defended its work monitoring White supremacist groups and other violent extremist organizations — including via the paid informant program — telling Fox News Digital that their use has «saved lives.»
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President Donald Trump doesn’t want the Senate to leave town with his flagship election security measure still on the line.
It’s less than two weeks until the upper chamber makes a jailbreak from Washington, D.C., and the schedule is already jam-packed with key items, from blockbuster confirmations to a long-awaited sanctions package targeting Russia.
But only one legislative priority matters to Trump: the SAVE America Act. And despite the political reality in the Senate, the president wants the bill passed by any means necessary.
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«John Thune should not allow the United States Senate to ‘leave town’ until it passes The Save America Act or, far better still, TERMINATES THE FILIBUSTER, where Republicans can then quickly pass everything they ever dreamed of, including a full and deep-throated SAVE AMERICA ACT, the Budget, and the ever looming Debt Ceiling disaster, 1929,» Trump declared on Truth Social.
«The Dumocrats will do it on day one and can’t believe how lucky they got with this Senate leadership,» he continued. «Remember, stupidity always brings LOSING & DEATH!»
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While Congress’ annual break during August is often viewed outside the Beltway as vacation time for lawmakers, during a midterm election year, it allows for crucial hours on the road for incumbents to have face time with voters and make their pitch to keep their seat.
Republicans are hungry to campaign and sell their agenda, particularly last year’s tax cut package, Trump’s «one big, beautiful bill,» but are facing headwinds from the war in Iran and affordability issues.
And there are three races on the 2026 map that are troubling for the Senate GOP in its quest to maintain its majority: Maine, Alaska and Ohio.
Still, Trump has warned that unless the Senate passes the SAVE America Act, they will suffer the consequences at the ballot box, and he has routinely called for the elimination of the filibuster for many of his priorities, but neither has the votes to happen in the upper chamber.
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Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, spoke during a news conference about the SAVE America Act at the U.S. Capitol on March 19, 2026, in Washington, D.C. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
It comes as tensions between the White House and Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., are on the rise.
Last week, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt warned that Trump’s patience was «running out» with Thune over the legislation, which prompted the top Senate Republican to fire back that the White House should focus its energy on Democrats blocking the SAVE America Act and work the phones to get Republicans to a «yes» vote.
Trump is also not alone in his push for Thune to cancel the upcoming break.
Sens. Mike Lee, R-Utah, Rick Scott, R-Fla., and Ashley Moody, R-Fla., have all announced their intent online to object to Thune calling for recess toward the end of this work period.
«I hereby object to any effort to put the Senate into recess in August — at least until such time as the Senate has passed the SAVE America Act — and hereby request a roll call vote,» Lee said on X.
«Do not assume you have my consent,» he continued. «You do not.»
Typically, recess or state work periods are a consent exercise in the Senate, meaning that all lawmakers agree to skip town and head back to their states to do work on the ground. But a single senator can object on the Senate floor and force a vote to decide whether the upper chamber stays or goes.
Trump and the GOP trio’s demands come at an inflection point in the Senate.
Thune has prioritized averting a government shutdown and is encouraging ongoing negotiations between Republicans and Democrats to hammer out a deal before the break begins. He’s threatened to hold the House-passed budget resolution that would, among other things, set up a rough framework to pass the SAVE America Act through budget reconciliation.
All that comes after he and other Republicans have made clear the political reality that SAVE America Act, as written, does not have the votes to pass in the upper chamber, neither from Democrats nor the GOP.
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And whether the legislation, or a version of it, can survive the reconciliation process remains to be seen, given that, as written, the SAVE America Act is primarily policy and doesn’t have a budgetary impact — a key requirement of the party line process.
«It’s still likely to be a 60-vote exercise, even if it’s done with a budget resolution,» Thune told Fox News Digital. «Unless it’s done with, you know, structured to allow grants to states that’s incentive-based, and principally budgetary, not policy.»
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¿Fueron nazis tus abuelos? La base de datos que revela el pasado oculto de millones de alemanes
Millones de alemanes tuvieron un carnet del NSDAP (el partido nazi de Adolf Hitler) desde mediados de los años 30 y hasta 1945. No era obligatorio en la Alemania nazi ser miembro del partido, pero abría puertas, además de que muchos lo fueron por convencimiento.
Décadas después, los alemanes empezaron a interesarse por el pasado de sus padres y abuelos. ¿Fueron nazis? Durante muchos años la única forma de saberlo era acudir a un archivo nacional, hacer una solicitud formal y esperar meses. Muchas veces la respuesta, si llegaba, era incompleta. El proceso era largo y pesado y con los años se fue usando cada vez menos y quedaran básicamente para el acceso de historiadores.
En febrero, el Archivo Nacional de Estados Unidos completó la digitalización de los microfilmes que el Ejército estadounidense había incautado en 1945 en Múnich tras la ocupación de Alemania.
Aquellos microfilmes fueron al Berlin Document Center, controlado por el ocupante estadounidense. En total, entre el archivo de Berlín y varios archivos regionales, había 10,9 millones de fichas de miembros del partido nazi. El archivo que fue creando la democracia alemana tras la guerra, que heredó todos esos fondos en 1994, suma 12,7 millones de fichas.
Esos 12,7 millones de documentos ya estaban digitalizados, pero no se podía acceder a ellos online debido a las leyes de protección de datos personales. El acceso seguía siendo a través de solicitudes individuales. Los documentos originales fueron devueltos por Estados Unidos a Alemania en la década de los 90 del siglo pasado y forman parte del Archivo Federal Alemán (Bundesarchiv).
Estados Unidos acabó con esos obstáculos. La publicación en internet del archivo estadounidense hizo que los grandes medios de comunicación alemanes, como Die Zeit, Der Spiegel o Süddeutsche Zeitung, crearan motores de búsqueda propios conectados a esa base de datos. Con ayuda de tecnología de reconocimiento óptico de caracteres e inteligencia artificial, esos motores de búsqueda llegan a las fichas en cuestión de segundos.
En las primeras semanas más de un millón de alemanes se volcó a investigar si sus antepasados habían sido oficialmente miembros del partido de Hitler. Der Spiegel llegó a preguntar directamente a sus lectores si sus abuelos habían sido nazis.
Las fichas que tiene online el archivo estadounidense incluyen fecha y lugar de nacimiento, profesión y, en algunos casos, una fotografía, además del número de carnet del afiliado al partido nazi y la fecha de su afiliación. Los expertos consultados por los medios alemanes aseguran que casi el 90% de los afiliados al partido nazi están en esos archivos.
Mientras muchos alemanes se van llevando la mala sorpresa de descubrir que sus parientes habían ingresado en el partido nazi, los historiadores recuerdan que hay un dato importante que sirve para contextualizar esa afiliación: la fecha.
En Alemania siempre se ha entendido que cuanto antes sea la afiliación al partido, más convencimiento personal de las bondades del nazismo tenía esa persona. Y que quienes se afiliaron antes de 1933, antes de la toma del poder por Adolf Hitler, tenían en su inmensa mayoría una convicción ideológica real.
Cuando Hitler llega al poder hay una masiva afiliación, que se entiende porque los alemanes empiezan a darse cuenta de que sin estar afiliado al partido todo se hace más difícil social y laboralmente. Los expertos también explican que, para hacer un informe correctamente habría que cruzar las fichas de afiliación al partido nazi con informes posteriores a la derrota alemana sobre desnazificación y con historiales militares.
La puesta a disposición de cualquier persona de esos millones de fichas llega cuando el partido Alternativa por Alemania (AfD), de los más a la ultraderecha de Europa y con altos cargos conectados con grupúsculos neonazis y el servicio secreto tras sus pasos, aparece en los sondeos electorales como la primera fuerza política alemana de convocarse hoy unas elecciones legislativas.
AfD reclama desde su nacimiento hace más de una década que el país debe abandonar de una vez su culpa histórica por su pasado nazi y dedicarse al orgullo nacional. Ochenta y un años después del final de la Segunda Guerra Mundial y del nazismo apenas quedan alemanes vivos que recuerden aquellos años. Los protagonistas del nazismo están todos muertos.
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The suspect subdued after allegedly stabbing three women in Paris on Monday uttered, «it is Allah who commanded me» to a crowd that appeared to be holding him down after the apparent terror attack.
The incident comes just days after another stabbing attack in England and a vehicular attack on a Pride parade in Berlin, Germany.
A 31-year-old man, whose name was not immediately released, was seen on the ground after allegedly stabbing three women, one of whom was reportedly pregnant.
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French outlet «Le Figaro» reported his utterances translated to «it is Allah who commanded me» as police sources told the outlet the suspect has an «unbalanced» profile.
While many observers, including on X, immediately pointed to Islamic terrorism, French Interior Minister Laurent Nunez said he wanted to be «very careful about the motive for this violent act,» pointing to the suspect’s «incoherent remarks.»
Another translation of the exchange quotes one man as responding, «there is no Allah, bro,» after the suspect allegedly attributed the stabbing to Allah, while another person says the crowd must «stampede this son of a b—-.»
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«No, seriously, he’s crazy,» a third person is quoted as saying in French.
«He stabbed my girl here,» a woman says in French.
The suspect reportedly attacked women at the Two Domes brewery in the Porte de Clichy section of the French capital.
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Two victims were listed in «absolute emergency» condition, while the third was listed in «relative emergency» condition, according to local press.
Reuters reported it had verified imagery of the suspect stabbing one woman while holding a knife in each hand.
The Paris-area attack comes two days after six men were arrested for «suspicion of murder» in connection with the stabbing of a 22-year-old man in Clapham, southwest London, United Kingdom, last week.
Metropolitan Police told the BBC the victim died after being stabbed at around 4:30 a.m. local time Saturday near Clapham High Street.
In Berlin, one person was pronounced dead and 29 were wounded after a suspect — later killed by German police — allegedly drove a vehicle into the public gathering.
The suspect in that case, Abdul Ballout, had German citizenship but «Lebanese roots,» according to the Associated Press.
The outlet reported German officials are considering whether it was an act of Islamic extremism.
The cascade of violent incidents comes months after the White House released a National Security Strategy warning of «civilizational erasure» in Europe due to mass migration and demographic shifts, while highlighting a spate of terror attacks carried out by migrants.
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French police work a crime scene in Paris on July 27, 2026 following a stabbing attack. (Kenzo Tribouillard/Getty Images)
The White House pointed to a range of European data to support the administration’s concerns, citing studies showing asylum migration costing the Netherlands €475,000 per migrant, illegal immigration costing France €1.8 billion in 2023 and non-Western migrants committing disproportionate shares of violent crime in Denmark and Germany.
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The immigration status of the suspects in the three most recent attacks was not immediately confirmed.
Fox News Digital’s Michael Dorgan and the Associated Press contributed to this report.
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