SPLC CEO Makes Astonishing Claim to Explain Why Leftist Group Stopped Its ‘Informant’ Program

The Southern Poverty Law Center acknowledged that it funded members of the Ku Klux Klan, but it claims the payments were merely part of an “informant” program to dismantle the Klan and other white supremacist groups—a program it has since ended. The group’s interim president gave a reason why in congressional testimony Tuesday.

Rep. Jim Jordan, the Ohio …