Brian Fair
speaker
49 appearances
6 recordings
2 series
first heard Apr 2026
last heard 11 Jun
Brian Fair’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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The U.S.
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.
Acting U.S.
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.
The U.S.
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.
Acting U.S.
Attorney Kevin Davidson says there's nothing vindictive about the prosecution.
Debbie Elliott, NPR News, Montgomery.
The Southern Poverty Law Center CEO Brian Fair says the focus of the investigation appears to be on the group's past use of confidential paid informants to infiltrate extremist groups.
He says the SPLC used such informants to gather information on the activities of radical violent groups and often shared that info with state and federal law enforcement.
Now the DOJ investigation raises the prospect of possible charges against the civil rights group or some of its employees, he says.
Ferris says the SPLC will vigorously defend itself and its work.
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