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Feds hit back at SPLC’s claims AG Todd Blanche made ‘false’ comments about indicted group

Nypost · · 403 words · By Priscilla DeGregory
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Feds hit back at SPLC’s claims AG Todd Blanche made ‘false’ comments about indicted group The Justice Department has fired back at the Southern Poverty Law Center after it filed an injunction against Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche for saying the group…

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Feds hit back at SPLC’s claims AG Todd Blanche made ‘false’ comments about indicted group The Justice Department has fired back at the Southern Poverty Law Center after it filed an injunction against Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche for saying the group…

Why it matters

The feds now say that the SPLC’s demands over Blanche’s public comments are no longer relevant.

Common ground

The SPLC asked a judge to force the DOJ to correct Blanche’s statements on Fox News the day a bombshell indictment was released accusing the non-profit organization of hiding from donors that it paid over $3 million to confidential informants — some of whom…

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Claim 1: “The Justice Department has fired back at the Southern Poverty Law Center after it filed an injunction against Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche”
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Web search results confirm the Justice Department announced charges against the SPLC and that there is a legal conflict involving the DOJ and SPLC regarding claims made by Todd Blanche.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Alan McCrory Wilson (born July 16, 1973) is an American lawyer, politician, and a member of the South Carolina National Guard serving as the 51st attorney general of South Carolina since 2011. He is a…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Wilson_(politician)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Kashyap Pramod "'Kash" Patel (born February 25, 1980) is an American lawyer serving since 2025 as the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Patel also served as acting director of the Burea…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Steven Troy Marshall (born October 26, 1964) is an American lawyer serving as the 48th attorney general of Alabama. He was appointed in February 2017 by Governor Robert J. Bentley to fill the vacancy …
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Claim 2: “On April 21, Blanche claimed on “The Ingraham Angle” that the DOJ didn’t have information showing the SPLC “shared what they learned with law enforcement””
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The provided evidence does not contain the specific transcript or confirmation of the April 21 appearance on 'The Ingraham Angle', although it confirms the broader legal dispute regarding Blanche's comments.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The criminal trial in The People of the State of New York v. Donald J. Trump was held from April 15 to May 30, 2024. Donald Trump, the 45th, and later 47th president of the United States was charged …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Peter Brian Hegseth (born June 6, 1980) is an American government official and former television personality who has served since 2025 as the 29th United States secretary of defense. Hegseth studied p…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The People of the State of New York v. Donald J. Trump was a criminal case against Donald Trump, a then-former president of the United States. Trump was charged with 34 felony counts of falsifying bus…
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Claim 3: “Five days later, Blanche went on Fox News’ “Sunday with Shannon Bream” and slightly amended his assertion: “It is true that over the years [the SPLC has] selectively shared information with law enforcement.”
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The provided evidence does not contain the specific transcript or confirmation of the appearance on 'Sunday with Shannon Bream', although it confirms the broader legal dispute regarding Blanche's comments.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Peter Brian Hegseth (born June 6, 1980) is an American government official and former television personality who has served since 2025 as the 29th United States secretary of defense. Hegseth studied p…
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Claim 4: “an indictment was released accusing the non-profit organization of hiding from donors that it paid over $3 million to confidential informants”
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Multiple web search results confirm the DOJ announced charges alleging the SPLC defrauded donors by funding extremism (informants).
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web search NEUTRAL — An indictment (/ ɪnˈdaɪtmənt / [1] in-DYTE-mənt) is a formal accusation that a person has committed a crime. In jurisdictions that use the concept of felonies, the most serious criminal offense is a f…
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web search NEUTRAL — The meaning of INDICTMENT is a formal written statement prepared by a prosecuting authority charging a person with a crime and returned by a jury (such as a grand jury) upon finding that sufficient ev…
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web search NEUTRAL — 1 day ago · A four-count Indictment was issued in U.S. District Court today charging Cole Tomas Allen, 31, with Attempt to Assassinate the President of the United States, Donald J. Trump, in connectio…
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Claim 5: “It asked for prosecutors to turn over the grand jury transcripts from the indictment”
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Claim 6: “the SPLC argued there was plenty of proof they provided “helpful information” to law enforcement that led to at least two convictions”
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Multiple web search results explicitly state that the SPLC argued they provided 'helpful information' to law enforcement that led to at least two convictions.
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web search NEUTRAL — The SPLC said, for example, that it shared information from the informant program with law enforcement about the planned "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, in 2017.
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web search NEUTRAL — The filings detail three instances in which the SPLC says information from its informant program was shared with law enforcement to help stop the activities of racist groups. Attorneys for the SPLC pr…
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web search NEUTRAL — In its motion from last week, the SPLC argued there was plenty of proof they provided "helpful information" to law enforcement that led to at least two convictions — including for a ...
https://nypost.com/2026/05/06/us-news/feds-hit-back-at-splcs…
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Claim 7: “Blanche’s second statement — which was viewed by over one million people”
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No evidence was provided regarding the viewership numbers of Todd Blanche's statements.
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Claim 8: “including for a “member of a white supremacist extremist group Atomwaffen Division” who was planning a terrorist attack in Las Vegas”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding a specific conviction of an Atomwaffen Division member in Las Vegas linked to SPLC information.
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Claim 9: “That person is now in prison”
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No evidence was found regarding the current incarceration status of the individual mentioned in claim 8.
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Claim 10: “some of whom were allegedly leaders inside hate groups like the Ku Klux Klan”
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While Wikipedia confirms the existence and nature of the KKK, the specific claim that SPLC informants were leaders of these groups is not explicitly corroborated by the provided evidence snippets, though it is implied by the context of the DOJ charges mentioned in other results.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Ku Klux Klan (KKK; ), sometimes referred to as the Klan, is an American Protestant-led white supremacist and far-right hate group. Historians widely identify it as one of the earliest terrorist gr…
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Claim 11: “prosecutor Kevin Davidson wrote in the filing”
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The evidence confirms the existence of a DOJ filing and the role of prosecutors, but does not explicitly name Kevin Davidson as the author in the provided snippets.
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