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 Ku Klux Klan. Left-wing nonprofits, including the National Association of Social Workers and the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), are rallying behind SPLC, accusing the Department of Justice of politically motivated targeting. CAIR, previously linked to a terrorism-related case, defends SPLC's civil rights work despite its controversial past.