SPLC arraigned on superseding charges of donor fraud

The Southern Poverty Law Center pleaded not guilty again on Tuesday to federal fraud and money laundering charges over its paid-informant operations that allegedly involved the undisclosed use of donor funds to finance the group’s undercover activities.

On behalf of the SPLC, attorney Abbe Lowell entered a not-guilty plea at Tuesday’s arraignment to all 11 criminal counts of wire fraud, making false statements to a federally insured bank, and conspiracy to commit the concealment of money laundering, as outlined in the June 2 superseding indictment from the Justice Department.