SPLC Indictment ‘Nakedly Political’: Morial

SPLC indictment ‘nakedly political’: Morial

National Urban League President Marc Morial on Thursday slammed the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) indictment of the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) as a “nakedly political” move to strike civil rights advancements made by the organization.  Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche on Tuesday unveiled charges against the nonprofit for allegedly funding extremist hate groups, citing…

MS NOW Defends SPLC Indictment as Political, as it Airs Their Ads

MS NOW Defends SPLC Indictment as Political, as it Airs Their Ads At the end of Thursday’s Morning Joe, co-host Jonathan Lemire interviewed the CEO of the National Urban League, Marc Morial, and former U.S. Attorney and MS NOW analyst Joyce Vance to defend the Southern Poverty Law Center amid the recent indictment from the DOJ related to wire fraud, as Morial called the indictment an “assault on civil rights.” In the same program, an advertisem…