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The Southern Poverty Law Center's interim CEO, Brian Fair, entered the not guilty plea to charges including wire fraud, bank fraud, and conspiracy to commit money laundering.
At issue is its work tracking hate groups.
Justice Department accuses the SPLC of fraudulently using some $3 million in donations to secretly pay informants in right-wing extremist groups, including the Ku Klux Klan.
Fair says the allegations are politically motivated and provably wrong, and that information gathered from informants was used to dismantle hate groups.
Attorney Kevin Davidson says there's nothing vindictive about the prosecution.
Debbie Elliott, NPR News, Montgomery.
The Southern Poverty Law Center's interim CEO, Brian Fair, entered the not guilty plea to charges including wire fraud, bank fraud, and conspiracy to commit money laundering.
At issue is its work tracking hate groups.
Justice Department accuses the SPLC of fraudulently using some $3 million in donations to secretly pay informants in right-wing extremist groups, including the Ku Klux Klan.
Fair says the allegations are politically motivated and provably wrong, and that information gathered from informants was used to dismantle hate groups.
Attorney Kevin Davidson says there's nothing vindictive about the prosecution.
Debbie Elliott, NPR News, Montgomery.
The Southern Poverty Law Center's interim CEO, Brian Fair, entered the not guilty plea.
to charges including wire fraud, bank fraud, and conspiracy to commit money laundering.
At issue is its work tracking hate groups.