Chip Roy Introduces Bill to Revoke SPLC Tax Status Over $4.1 Million Extremist-Funding Allegations
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Updated · Fox News · Jun 10
Chip Roy Introduces Bill to Revoke SPLC Tax Status Over $4.1 Million Extremist-Funding Allegations
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jun 10
Summary
Rep. Chip Roy on Wednesday filed the Stop SPLC Act, a bill that would strip the Southern Poverty Law Center of its 501(c)(3) status and end tax-deductible donations to the group.
The move follows a House hearing a day earlier and a federal probe alleging the SPLC routed $4.1 million to extremist groups, including KKK organizations, between 2010 and 2023 through fictitious accounts and bank fraud.
Bryan Fair, the SPLC's interim chief executive, denied wrongdoing and said the group's informant program "saved lives," but largely declined to discuss the allegations during Tuesday's oversight session.
Republicans also used the hearing to attack the SPLC's "hate map" for listing conservative groups such as Turning Point USA, the Family Research Council and Moms for Liberty while omitting leftist or Islamist groups.
The bill targets a nonprofit with deep resources: lawmakers said the SPLC held more than $829 million in assets in 2024, including a roughly $730.8 million endowment.