SPLC Says 2025 Letter to Stephen Miller Sparked DOJ Probe
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Updated · The New York Times · Jun 23
SPLC Says 2025 Letter to Stephen Miller Sparked DOJ Probe
1 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Jun 23
Summary
Court papers filed Monday say FBI records show a September 2025 letter from conservative groups to Stephen Miller helped trigger the Justice Department’s renewed investigation of the Southern Poverty Law Center.
The SPLC’s lawyers said wording in the letter from groups including Moms for Liberty and Turning Point USA closely matched an October FBI document outlining the new probe.
That October 2025 investigation led to April 2026 charges accusing the civil rights group of defrauding donors by secretly paying informants inside extremist organizations.
Lawyers said the records do not explicitly show Miller directed DOJ to reopen the case, but argued the documents suggest he may have played a role.
The renewed probe followed an earlier Trump-era inquiry into the informant program over possible tax violations that was later closed during the Biden administration.