The Southern Poverty Law Center has moved for a dismissal of all charges against them by the Trump administration, citing the president's recent comments as proof of vindictive prosecution and the precedent of another recent Trump case that just got thrown out.The Trump administration argued in their Alabama-based indictment that the longtime hate group watchdog was actually funding hate groups by using paid informants and committing fraud by omitting their use of such informants from their donors, allegations the SPLC has called ridiculous.In the filing, flagged on X by Adam Klasfeld of All Rise News, the SPLC quotes Trump's recent proclamation that "The Southern Poverty Law Center, one of the greatest scams in American History, has been charged with FRAUD," as proof of a "top-down, retributive campaign in which he directed his Justice Department to go after those individuals and groups he deemed his political enemies."Furthermore, the SPLC cited the recent vindictive prosecution dismissal of criminal gang charges against Salvadoran immigrant Kilmar Abrego Garcia, whose case has dragged on for over a year after the administration mistakenly deported him to a foreign torture facility in violation of court orders.The SPLC has long been a target of wrath by Republicans, partly due to its designation of certain organizations close to the GOP, like the anti-LGBTQ Family Research Council, as hate groups or extremist groups.
