SPLC investigation started under Biden, prompted by scorned neo-Nazi lovers treasure trove of info: court docs

The federal investigation into the Southern Poverty Law Center over allegations it funneled money to the very groups it was fighting against started in 2022 under President Joe Biden, court papers reveal.The SPLC filed to have the subsequent case brought against them by the Trump administration dismissed as a “vindictive prosecution,” a motion which was struck down in August.However, the wheels had been set in motion under Trump’s predecessor.Attorney General Todd Blanche said on Fox News in April the case had been “mysteriously closed,” but they didn’t “have any information about why.”“The Biden Justice Department wielded a double-edged sword.

Everyone knows one side was sharpened to attack Biden’s political enemies, but just as importantly the other side was dulled to prevent injury to their political friends, especially friends as powerful as the raw partisans at the SPLC,” Scott Walter, president of Capital Research Center which has spent years investigating the SPLC, claimed to The Post.The federal charges against the group — which is cash-rich, listing $787 million in assets in 2024 — center around claims they gave money to members of hate groups, which was used to keep them operating.SPLC then allegedly used these groups as examples of what they were fundraising against.  The SPLC has pleaded not guilty, maintaining they only paid confidential field sources, which was a standard investigative tool to monitor extremist threats.A trove of the information in the government’s case comes from an informant known as “F-9,” a former member of the white separatist group National Alliance, who was also supplying the SPLC with information, court papers show.After then turning into a federal informant, SPLC lawyers claimed he had handed over 1.2TB of data from five hard drives and two thumb drives.They also claimed he had exchanged over 1,800 text messages and had 20 meetings with FBI and IRS agents since October 2025, when the Trump...