# “Manufacturing Racism”: SPLC Indicted For Paying Millions To KKK & Extremist Leaders, Including Planners of Infamous Charlottesville Rally w/ Del Bigtree & Emily Jashinsky – Ask Dr. Drew – Ep 615

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Published: 2026-04-26T05:05:00+00:00
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## Resource

In explosive legal filings, the DOJ indicted the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) on multiple counts of wire fraud and money laundering – accusing the anti-racism organization of secretly paying millions of donor dollars to KKK leaders, white nationalists, and even organizers of the infamous 2017 Charlottesville rally. Acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche stated that the SPLC was “manufacturing the extremism it purports to oppose by paying sources to stoke racial hatred.” The documents contain many examples, including allegations of $270,000 paid to a source that “made racist postings under the supervision of the SPLC” and an informant who was paid over $1,000,000 after stealing 25 boxes of documents from another extremist organization – with full support of his high-level SPLC contact. Del Bigtree is an Emmy-winning producer, journalist, and filmmaker. He is the Executive Producer of “An Inconvenient Study,” CEO of the Informed Consent Action Network (ICAN), and host of The HighWire. Bigtree previously produced “Vaxxed” and served as Communications Director for the Kennedy 2024 campaign. Follow at https://x.com/delbigtree Emily Jashinsky is a journalist and cultural commentator. She is the host of After Party with Emily Jashinsky and the Megyn Kelly Wrap-up Show, cohost of Breaking Points, and a columnist at UnHerd. Learn more at https://emilyjashinsky.substack.com/ 「 SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS 」 • COVEPURE - Do you know what’s in your tap water? Get $250 off your purifier at https://covepure.com/DREW • NATIVEPATH - Take advantage of my 56% off bundle at https://GetNativeCreatine.com/Drew ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠• FATTY15 – The future of essential fatty acids is here! Strengthe…

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