Posted on 05/04/2026 7:02:16 AM PDT by Olog-hai
Federal prosecutors’ stunning indictment of a left-wing activist group for alleged financial crimes is reverberating in Georgia’s 2026 Senate race, with Republicans targeting Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., for his past ties to the organization.
The Department of Justice brought criminal charges against the Southern Poverty Law Center in April for allegedly defrauding its donors by secretly transferring money to extremist groups with the goal of infiltrating and monitoring their activities.
Ossoff, the most vulnerable Senate Democrat running for re-election in 2026, is endorsed by the law center’s 501(c)(4) arm. The group contributed more than $700,000 to his campaign account in 2020, according to Federal Election Commission (FEC) filings.
The Georgia Democrat has also praised the group’s purported efforts to combat racism. […]
The Republican National Committee (RNC) hammered Ossoff’s ties to the law center.
“If Jon Ossoff is too spineless to reject the Southern Poverty Law Center’s endorsement and return their money, he’s complicit in funneling millions to violent extremist groups like the KKK,” RNC spokeswoman Emma Hall said. “Anyone who doesn’t condemn these indicted fraudsters is wrong for Georgia — plain and simple.”
Ossoff has not commented on the grand jury indictment. His campaign did not respond to multiple requests for comment. …
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His campaign will just ‘return the money’ and claim they were lied to like everybody else and that will be the end of it............
ANOTHER f’n CRIMINAL politician! Where do all these POS SCUMBAGS come from? HOORAY Fed prosecutors!
We can thank that treasonous scumbag Ratburger for Georgia getting this bastard into the Senate with help from Kemp of course.
Jon Jackoff.
"If Jon Ossoff is too spineless to reject the Southern Poverty Law Center's endorsement and return their money, he's complicit in funneling millions to violent extremist groups like the KKK," RNC spokeswoman Emma Hall said. "Anyone who doesn’t condemn these indicted fraudsters is wrong for Georgia -- plain and simple."
He's in a bind now -- if he returns the money -- which is probably long gone into his own personal grift network -- he can be accused of helping the SPLC's legal defense.
YES
This stuff will continue until the penalties become a prohibitive risk.
Ha. Hi Red. If Ossoff returns any money to the SPLC I’ll donate $100 to FR.
To the left, he’s a Presidential contender for 28 now
It would be so good to knock off both Ossoff and SPLC this election year!
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