Radical activist groups circle wagons around Southern Poverty Law Center amid federal charges

The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) faces federal fraud charges for allegedly funneling millions to extremist groups like the KKK and Aryan Nations. Left-wing nonprofits, including the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) and the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), are rallying behind SPLC, accusing the Department of Justice of politically motivated targeting. CAIR, which was previously linked to a terror-funding case, defends SPLC's civil rights mission.