FIRST ON FOX: A left-wing nonprofit accused by the Department of Justice of secretly funding the extremism it claims to combat is facing a new threat from Capitol Hill.Rep.Chip Roy, R-Texas, introduced legislation Wednesday that would revoke the Southern Poverty Law Center's (SPLC) tax-exempt status, ramping up pressure on the civil rights nonprofit organization amid a federal probe into alleged financial crimes. The measure’s introduction comes after Roy vowed Tuesday to target the law center’s tax-exempt status after grilling Bryan Fair, the SPLC's interim chief executive, about its record of targeting mainstream conservative organizations during a contentious oversight hearing."The SPLC has built a business in smearing Christian conservatives and profiting from labeling its ideological opponents as ‘extremists’ and ‘hate groups,’" Roy said in a statement obtained by Fox News Digital.
"Tax-exempt status should be reserved for charitable organizations serving the public good — not groups engaged in partisan political warfare."Rep.Chip Roy speaks to reporters after the House passed a Department of Homeland Security funding bill at the U.S.
Capitol in Washington, D.C., on April 30, 2026.(Graeme Sloan/Getty Images)FIRST ON FOX: SPLC’S LEGAL WOES GROW AS JIM JORDAN FIRES LATEST SALVO AT LEFT-WING GROUP"The Stop SPLC Act would simply revoke the SPLC’s tax-exempt status and end the special tax benefits it has enjoyed for far too long," he added.A spokesperson for the nonprofit did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The legislation comes as the SPLC is accused of routing $4.1 million in tax-exempt donor funds to various extremist organizations — including the Ku Klux Klan and the United Klans of America — between 2010 and 2023, using fictitious accounts and committing bank fraud to conceal the payments.The group has insisted its informant program "saved lives," but federal prosecutors allege hate groups that received the donor mon...