Civil rights group indicted over paid informants in extremist groups
The Trump Justice Department announced an indictment alleging a prominent U.S. civil rights organization used donor funds to pay confidential informants inside extremist groups.
The Trump Justice Department announced Tuesday that it has indicted a prominent U.S. civil rights organization for using donor money to compensate confidential informants embedded in extremist groups. The indictment centers on the organization's payments to undercover sources within those groups.