Former SPLC Official Charged With Fraud Over White Supremacist Payouts

A former top Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) official was charged Wednesday in a federal fraud case claiming the organization secretly funneled millions of dollars in donor money to informants embedded in white supremacist and other extremist groups.  Heidi Beirich, 59, who formerly led the SPLC’s Intelligence Project tracking extremist groups, was charged with conspiracy ...