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Benson faces scrutiny over SPLC ties as group indicted
- Democratic Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson served on the Southern Poverty Law Center board from 2014 to 2019, during which the DOJ alleges the SPLC funneled more than $3 million to extremist groups including the Ku Klux Klan and Aryan Nations.
- The U.S. Department of Justice indicted the SPLC on 11 counts including wire fraud, false statements, and conspiracy to commit money laundering related to paying informants in hate groups.
- Benson worked undercover as an investigative reporter for the SPLC in the late 1990s, infiltrating white supremacist groups and posing as a freelance journalist.
- Benson's campaign states she focused on dismantling extremist networks and defends her role, while critics question her knowledge of the SPLC's alleged misconduct during her board tenure.
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Michigan governor hopeful pressed on past SPLC work after DOJ indictment: ‘What did Jocelyn know?’
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson’s campaign hit back at Republican attacks Friday after the state GOP demanded answers from the Democratic gubernatorial front-runner on her past work with the federally-indicted Southern Poverty Law Center. Benson is a former volunteer and later board member of the SPLC, which was indicted Tuesday on 11 counts over accusations it fraudulently paid members of e…
Michigan governor hopeful pressed on past SPLC work after DOJ indictment: 'What did Jocelyn know?'
Jocelyn Benson's campaign pushes back on Michigan GOP attacks over her past work with the federally indicted SPLC, saying she helped dismantle white supremacist networks.
Democrat Governor Hopeful’s SPLC Board Tenure Overlapped With Alleged Payments To Extremist ‘Informants’
Democratic Jocelyn Benson served on the board of a civil rights group that allegedly defrauded donors by paying “informants” in groups it deemed “extremist.”
Jocelyn Benson Was on the Board Amid SPLC Funding KKK
Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson served on the board of the Southern Poverty Law Center while the SPLC paid members of the Ku Klux Klan and the Aryan Nations. Benson, a Democrat running for governor, joined the organization’s board in 2014 and left in 2019, when the SPLC fired its co-founder, Morris Dees, amid a racial discrimination and sexual harassment scandal. The SPLC gained its reputation by suing Ku Klux Klan groups into bankrup…
Michigan Sec of State Benson Faces Scrutiny Over SPLC Ties After Group’s Indictment
(Just The News)—Michigan Secretary of State and Democrat gubernatorial candidate Jocelyn Benson is facing scrutiny over her past role with the Southern Poverty Law Center following a federal indictment against the organization. A grand jury indictment announced by the U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday charges the SPLC with 11 counts, including wire fraud, bank fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering. Federal officials allege the orga…
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