SPLC CEO Bryan Fair Faces House Grilling Over $4 Million Extremist Payment Allegations
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Updated · Fox News · Jun 9
SPLC CEO Bryan Fair Faces House Grilling Over $4 Million Extremist Payment Allegations
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jun 9
Summary
Bryan Fair is set to testify Tuesday before the House Judiciary Committee as lawmakers press the SPLC over alleged secret payments to extremist-group members and its now-defunct informant program.
A superseding indictment filed last week says the nonprofit moved more than $4 million through fictitious-name accounts from 2010 to 2023, allegedly concealing donor-funded payments to KKK, neo-Nazi and other extremist figures.
Prosecutors also allege one SPLC-paid informant received more than $270,000 and helped plan the 2017 Charlottesville rally, while two Klan members were paid $1,200 a month to remain in the group.
The SPLC denies wrongdoing, with counsel Abbe Lowell calling the case politically motivated and saying the informant program prevented violence rather than defrauded donors or banks.
Jordan’s panel had already subpoenaed the group in May over alleged Biden-era coordination; the indictment says SPLC revenue rose from $38.7 million in 2010 to more than $129 million in 2023.