Hearing: “The Southern Poverty Law Center: Manufacturing Hate”

Committee on the Judiciary

2141 RHOB
Washington, D.C.

Witnesses

Support Documents

• Letters from members of Moms for Liberty regarding the SPLC, submitted for the Record by Mr. Biggs of AZ [PDF] Added 05/21/2026 at 10:25 AM
• An article from America First Legal titled, “America First Legal Reveals Explosive Documents Exposing Biden Department of Justice’s Partnership and Coordinated Campaign with the Southern Poverty Law Center to Weaponize Civil Rights Enforcement”, submitted for the Record by Mr. Biggs of AZ [PDF] Added 05/21/2026 at 10:25 AM
• An article from The Daily Signal titled, “Arizona School Resource Pushed SPLC ‘Hate Map’: Audit”, submitted for the Record by Mr. Biggs of AZ [PDF] Added 05/21/2026 at 10:25 AM
• An article from AM Greatness titled, “Exposing the SPLC, and Celebrating Their Future Demise”, submitted for the Record by Mr. Biggs of AZ [PDF] Added 05/21/2026 at 10:25 AM
• A press release from the DOJ titled, “Federal Grand Jury Charges Southern Poverty Law Center for Wire Fraud, False Statements, and Conspiracy to Commit Money Laundering”, submitted for the Record by Mr. Biggs of AZ [PDF] Added 05/21/2026 at 10:25 AM
• A grade sheet from Charity Watch regarding the Southern Poverty Law Center, submitted for the Record by Mr. Biggs of AZ [PDF] Added 05/21/2026 at 10:25 AM
• An article from Just the News titled, “Southern Poverty Law Center education materials surprisingly common in red states, probe finds”, submitted for the Record by Mr. Biggs of AZ [PDF] Added 05/21/2026 at 10:25 AM
• An article from USA Today titled, “Southern Poverty Law Center is a scam, not an arbiter of justice”, submitted for the Record by Mr. Biggs of AZ [PDF] Added 05/21/2026 at 10:25 AM
• An article from The Hill titled, “SPLC’s wealth raises questions despite controversial activities”, submitted for the Record by Mr. Biggs of AZ [PDF] Added 05/21/2026 at 10:25 AM
• An article from The Federalist titled, “The SPLC Is a Hedge Fund with a Dumb Anti-Racist Newsletter”, submitted for the Record by Mr. Biggs of AZ [PDF] Added 05/21/2026 at 10:25 AM
• An article from LifeZette titled, “The ‘Both Sides’ Political Violence Narrative Completely Debunked: They Cooked the Books”, submitted for the Record by Ms. Hageman of WY [PDF] Added 05/21/2026 at 10:25 AM
• A statement for the record from Awake Illinois, submitted for the Record by Mr. Harris of NC [PDF] Added 05/21/2026 at 10:25 AM
• A staff report from House Judiciary Democrats titled, “One Year Later: Assessing the Public Safety Implications of President Trump’s Mass pardons of 1,600 January 6th Rioters and Insurrectionists”, submitted for the Record by Ms. Lofgren of CA [PDF] Added 05/21/2026 at 10:25 AM
• An article from AP News titled, “Justice Department moves to toss seditious conspiracy convictions of Oath Keepers and Proud Boys”, submitted for the Record by Ms. McBath of GA [PDF] Added 05/21/2026 at 10:25 AM
• An article from Local 3 News titled, “Several TN House Democrats stripped from committees after last week’s special session”, submitted for the Record by Ms. McBath of GA [PDF] Added 05/21/2026 at 10:25 AM
• A letter dated April 30, 2026, from Ranking Member Raskin and Ranking Member Scanlon to Associate Deputy Attorney General Aakash Singh, submitted for the Record by Mr. Raskin of MD [PDF] Added 05/21/2026 at 10:25 AM
• An article from ADL titled, “Buffalo Shooter’s Manifesto Promotes “Great Replacement” Theory, Antisemitism and Previous Mass Shooters”, submitted for the Record by Mr. Raskin of MD [PDF] Added 05/21/2026 at 10:25 AM
• A statement for the record from Trevor Potter of the Campaign Legal Center, submitted for the Record by Mr. Raskin of MD [PDF] Added 05/21/2026 at 10:25 AM
• An article from The Guardian titled, “US lawmakers say DOJ rushed Southern Poverty Law Center indictment, citing whistleblower”, submitted for the Record by Mr. Raskin of MD [PDF] Added 05/21/2026 at 10:25 AM
• An article from The Intercept titled, “We Knew They were Paying Informants”: SPLC Donors Reject Trump DOJ Fraud Claims”, submitted for the Record by Mr. Raskin of MD [PDF] Added 05/21/2026 at 10:25 AM
• An article from American Immigration Council titled, “Massacre at Pittsburgh Synagogue Tied to Anti-Refugee Sentiment”, submitted for the Record by Mr. Raskin of MD [PDF] Added 05/21/2026 at 10:25 AM
• A letter dated May 20, 2026, from The Leadership Conference and multiple other organizations to Members of Congress, submitted for the Record by Mr. Raskin of MD [PDF] Added 05/21/2026 at 10:25 AM
• An article from El Paso Matters titled, “Walmart gunman attacked El Paso ‘because that’s what his president was telling him,’ defense attorney says”, submitted for the Record by Mr. Raskin of MD [PDF] Added 05/21/2026 at 10:25 AM
• An article from The New York Times titled, “What’s a ‘Black Job’? Trump’s Anti-Immigration Remarks Are Met With Derision”, submitted for the Record by Mr. Raskin of MD [PDF] Added 05/21/2026 at 10:25 AM
• An article from The Intercept titled, “Big Finance Might Be Dooming the SPLC – Even Before Its Day in Court”, submitted for the Record by Ms. Scanlon of PA [PDF] Added 05/21/2026 at 10:25 AM
• A Presidential Memoranda from The White House dated September 25, 2025, regarding countering domestic terrorism and organized political violence, submitted for the Record by Ms. Scanlon of PA [PDF] Added 05/21/2026 at 10:25 AM
• An article from The Hill titled, “DOJ quietly removes study showing right wing attacks ‘outpace’ those by the left”, submitted for the Record by Ms. Scanlon of PA [PDF] Added 05/21/2026 at 10:25 AM
• An article from The Washington Post titled, “Leaked Stephen Miller emails show Trump’s point man on immigration promoted white nationalism, SPLC reports”, submitted for the Record by Ms. Scanlon of PA [PDF] Added 05/21/2026 at 10:25 AM
• An article from The New Republic titled, “The Justice Department Sides with the Ku Klux Klan”, submitted for the Record by Ms. Scanlon of PA [PDF] Added 05/21/2026 at 10:25 AM
• An article from The Daily Signal titled, “Democrats Beclown Themselves by Defending SPLC Amid KKK Funding Scandal”, submitted for the Record by Mr. Van Drew of NJ [PDF] Added 05/21/2026 at 10:25 AM
• An article from The Daily Signal titled, “However Bad You Think Biden’s DOJ Was, New Documents Show It Was Even Worse”, submitted for the Record by Mr. Van Drew of NJ [PDF] Added 05/21/2026 at 10:25 AM
• An article from Moms for Liberty titled, “SPLC Exposed: After years of targeting Moms for Liberty, and many others, justice could be on the way”, submitted for the Record by Mr. Van Drew of NJ [PDF] Added 05/21/2026 at 10:25 AM
• An article from Substack titled, “The Jan 6th Rioters Who Were Pardoned by Trump Only to Offend Again”, submitted for the Record by Ms. Lofgren of CA [PDF] Added 05/26/2026 at 11:05 AM
• A letter dated April 17, 2026, from Kropf, Moseley, and Schmitt to Acting United States Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama Kevin Davidson regarding the SPLC, submitted for the Record by Mr. Goldman of NY [PDF] Added 05/26/2026 at 11:05 AM
• An article from NBC News titled, “Multiple Republicans in Congress post openly anti-Muslim statements”, submitted for the Record by Ms. Kamlager-Dove of CA [PDF] Added 05/26/2026 at 11:45 AM
• An article from SPLCenter titled, “DOJ lawsuit a ‘wake-up call’ to end Mississippi’s school-to-prison pipeline”, submitted for the Record by Ms. Kamlager-Dove of CA [PDF] Added 05/26/2026 at 11:45 AM
• An article from SPLCenter titled, “Fifth Circuit Rules Against Unlawful Debt Collections Targeting Hurricane Katrina Survivors”, submitted for the Record by Ms. Kamlager-Dove of CA [PDF] Added 05/26/2026 at 11:45 AM
• An article from SPLCenter titled, “Pentagon Tightens Ban on Supremacist Activity After Years of Denying Problem”, submitted for the Record by Ms. Kamlager-Dove of CA [PDF] Added 05/26/2026 at 11:45 AM
• An article from SPLCenter titled, “SPLC Report Reveals the High Price of Florida’s Incarceration of Black Children”, submitted for the Record by Ms. Kamlager-Dove of CA [PDF] Added 05/26/2026 at 11:45 AM
• A report from the SPLC titled, “Overcoming the Unprecedented: Southern Voters’ Battle Against Voter Suppression, Intimidation, and a Virus”, submitted for the Record by Ms. Kamlager-Dove of CA [PDF] Added 05/26/2026 at 11:45 AM
• An article from SPLCenter titled, “SPLC Announces New Campaign, Poverty Is Not a Line, During Poverty Awareness Month”, submitted for the Record by Ms. Kamlager-Dove of CA [PDF] Added 05/26/2026 at 11:45 AM
• An article from SPLCenter titled, “The Second Wave: Return of the Militias”, submitted for the Record by Ms. Kamlager-Dove of CA [PDF] Added 05/26/2026 at 11:45 AM
• An article from The Conversation titled, “Right-wing extremist violence is more frequent and more deadly than left-wing violence – what the data shows”, submitted for the Record by Ms. Kamlager-Dove of CA [PDF] Added 05/26/2026 at 11:45 AM
• An article from TIME titled, “The United States of Political Violence”, submitted for the Record by Ms. Kamlager-Dove of CA [PDF] Added 05/26/2026 at 11:45 AM
• An article from NBC News titled, “What we know about the San Diego shooting victims, suspects, possible motive and more”, submitted for the Record by Ms. Kamlager-Dove of CA [PDF] Added 05/26/2026 at 11:45 AM

Votes

• RC #1 Motion to table [PDF] Added 05/20/2026 at 03:42 PM

First Published: May 13, 2026 at 09:07 AM
Last Updated: May 26, 2026 at 11:45 AM