{"id":1850,"date":"2026-05-18T22:01:38","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T22:01:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/?p=1850"},"modified":"2026-05-18T22:01:38","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T22:01:38","slug":"texas-investigates-southern-poverty-law-center-over-alleged-kkk-funding-and-donor-fraud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/?p=1850","title":{"rendered":"Texas investigates Southern Poverty Law Center over alleged KKK funding and donor fraud"},"content":{"rendered":"

AUSTIN, Texas<\/strong> – <\/span>Texas has opened an investigation into the Southern Poverty Law Center, alleging the nonprofit misled donors while funding extremist groups it publicly condemned.<\/p>

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The Texas Attorney General’s office announced the investigation Monday, saying it is examining whether the Alabama-based organization violated Texas law through deceptive donor solicitations and other practices.\u00a0<\/p>

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What we know:<\/p>

As part of the probe, the attorney general\u2019s office issued a civil investigative demand to the SPLC. The investigation follows federal fraud charges filed in April against the SPLC, according to Paxton\u2019s office.\u00a0<\/p>

Federal prosecutors alleged the organization improperly raised millions of dollars while secretly paying leaders and associates of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) and other extremist groups.<\/p>

The U.S. Department of Justice has accused the SPLC of defrauding donors by directing more than $3 million to individuals tied to extremist organizations the nonprofit said it was working to combat. Prosecutors said the SPLC claimed the payments were intended to gather insider information, but investigators alleged some of the funds may have been used to support additional criminal activity.<\/p>

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