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SPLC faces blowback from ‘hate map’ targets after DOJ fraud indictment

The DOJ’s fraud indictment of the Southern Poverty Law Center is prompting swift reaction from groups named on its "hate map," many casting the charges as vindication after years of being labeled extremist.After a grand jury in the Middle District of Alabama returned an 11-count indictment charging the SPLC with six counts of wire fraud, four counts of bank fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering, attention turned to groups the allegedly hate-group-linked organization itself has labeled as hate groups.One of the more prominent names on SPLC’s "hate map" is the Family Resea...