Article Summary

The Southern Poverty Law Center is accusing the Justice Department of misconduct for sharing an early draft of a new indictment with journalists before it was officially filed in court. The SPLC says this violated secrecy rules and damaged their ability to respond fairly, while the DOJ hasn't yet commented. The article focuses on the legal dispute over procedure, not the evidence behind the allegations that the SPLC misused donations to support extremist stunts like cross burnings.