Did the SPLC Actually FUND the KKK? Tyler O’Neil Breaks it Down

Why was the SPLC indicted?  The story is bigger than anyone expected.

In this episode of The Brief, host Shabbos Kestenbaum sits down with Tyler O'Neil, Senior Editor at The Daily Signal and author of Making Hate Pay: The Corruption of the Southern Poverty Law Center, to break down the explosive DOJ indictment against the SPLC.

In April 2026, a federal grand jury indicted the SPLC on 11 counts including wire fraud, false statements to a federally insured bank, and conspiracy to commit money laundering—all tied to a secret decades-long program that paid more than $3 million to informants embedded in the KKK, the Aryan Nations, the National Alliance, and the organizers of the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville.

Tyler raises the real question: was the SPLC actually manufacturing the hate it was profiting from?