politics
DOJ arrests former Southern Poverty Law Center CFO Heidi Beirich
The Justice Department on Wednesday made its first individual arrest in its fraud case against the Southern Poverty Law Center, charging former Intelligence Project Director Heidi Beirich with helping to conceal donor-funded payments to informants embedded in white supremacist groups.
TL;DR
- Heidi Beirich, former Intelligence Project Director at the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), has been arrested.
- The arrest is part of the Justice Department's fraud case against the SPLC.
- Beirich is charged with concealing donor-funded payments to informants.
- These informants were embedded in white supremacist groups.
- The charges were filed in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama.