DOJ Charges Former SPLC Employee in Superseding Indictment

The Hill · first seen 12.08.2026

The Department of Justice filed a superseding indictment charging a former Southern Poverty Law Center employee with overseeing payments to informants.

The DOJ filed a superseding indictment against the Southern Poverty Law Center.
Former SPLC employee Heidi Beirich was charged with overseeing payments to informants monitoring hate groups.
These are the first individual charges brought in this matter.

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The Hill — DOJ charges former SPLC employee in superseding indictment against the civil rights group

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