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🚨 BREAKING: Acting AG Blanche and FBI Director Patel announce a grand jury has INDICTED leftist ...

By Nick Sortor
Posted April 22, 2026

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Nick Sortor is a conservative journalist and commentator known for posting breaking news and opinion pieces on X with a strong right-wing perspective. His style is sensationalist, using emojis, all-caps, and exclamatory language to amplify stories critical of left-leaning organizations. Credibility is mixed, as he often breaks stories that align with conservative narratives but relies on dramatic framing rather than neutral reporting.

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The post announces a federal grand jury indictment of the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) on 11 counts, including six counts of wire fraud, four counts of bank fraud, and one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering, in the Middle District of Alabama. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and FBI Director Kash Patel accused the SPLC of fraudulently funneling over $3 million to extremist groups like the Ku Klux Klan and Aryan Nations, paying sources to manufacture extremism while claiming to combat it. This development portrays the SPLC, long criticized by conservatives as a partisan 'smear machine,' as engaging in a decade-long scheme using shell companies to deceive donors and banks.

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This content is trending due to the high-profile announcement by Trump-appointed officials Kash Patel and Todd Blanche, tapping into long-standing conservative grievances against the SPLC. The timing coincides with recent DOJ actions under a potential second Trump administration in 2026, making it highly relevant amid debates over NGO accountability and 'deep state' influences. Viral amplification on X through sensational rhetoric has fueled rapid shares among right-leaning audiences.

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  • 1The indictment targets payments to groups like the Ku Klux Klan and Aryan Nations, allegedly to create 'work product' on extremism.
  • 2SPLC reportedly used shell companies to hide transactions from banks and donors.
  • 3FBI Director Kash Patel previously severed FBI ties with SPLC, calling it a 'partisan smear machine'.
  • 4The charges stem from a grand jury in the Middle District of Alabama, SPLC's home base.
  • 5Patel and Blanche described it as a 'widespread, decade-long, multimillion dollar fraud' during a press conference.

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🚨 BREAKING: Acting AG Blanche and FBI Director Patel announce a grand jury has INDICTED leftist ...