The Chilling Message Behind Trump's Attack On The SPLC

The Justice Department's indictment of the Southern Poverty Law Center appears to be yet another escalation of the Trump administration's push to limit how civil rights groups operate, and it could cast a chill on similar groups around the country.

The Justice Department indicted the SPLC on Tuesday, accusing the nonprofit group of having "secretly funneled" over $3 million to extremist hate groups and networks like the Ku Klux Klan via alleged wire fraud, false statements to banks, and a money laundering conspiracy...