Federal judge REJECTS the victim narrative pushed by the criminally charged SPLC

The Southern Poverty Law Center’s bad year just got a whole lot worse.

Besides facing congressional scrutiny, the liberal organization whose bread and butter is smearing law-abiding conservatives as “extremists” was federally charged in April with 11 counts of wire fraud, false statements to a federally insured bank, and conspiracy to commit concealment money laundering.

‘The American people deserve to see this hate racket exposed in court.’

The SPLC — now under the leadership of CEO Ryan Haygood — tried to play the victim in hopes of having the case thrown out. The federal judge overseeing the case did not, however, buy what the professional concern-mongers were selling.

Tyler O’Neil, author of “Making Hate Pay: The Corruption of the Southern Poverty Law Center,” told Blaze News, “The SPLC just