Family Research Council Seeks $8 Million Restitution From SPLC After 2012 Shooting
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Updated · Fox News · Jun 16
Family Research Council Seeks $8 Million Restitution From SPLC After 2012 Shooting
1 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jun 16
Summary
$8 million in added security costs has been borne by the Family Research Council since the 2012 attack, and president Tony Perkins said he wants courts to force the Southern Poverty Law Center to pay restitution.
Perkins tied that demand to gunman Floyd Lee Corkins II's own statement to investigators that he targeted FRC after finding it on the SPLC's list of "anti-gay groups."
Corkins wounded building manager Leo Johnson at FRC's Washington headquarters on Aug. 15, 2012, then pleaded guilty in 2013 and is serving a 25-year federal sentence.
The push comes as the SPLC faces fresh Justice Department scrutiny over allegations it funneled $4 million through shell companies to extremist groups, while Perkins says the organization still holds about $750 million.