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Jon Ossoff silent on SPLC indictment after taking more than $700K from affiliate of indicted group
Fox News ^ | May 4, 2026 6:00am EDT | Adam Pack

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. …

(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; Politics/Elections; US: Georgia
KEYWORDS: adampack; corruption; democrats; domesticenemies; electionfraud; emmahall; georgia; jonossoff; kkk; neonazis; ossoff; splc; voterfraud

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1 posted on 05/04/2026 7:02:16 AM PDT by Olog-hai
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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............


2 posted on 05/04/2026 7:06:24 AM PDT by Red Badger (Iryna Zarutska, May 22, 2002 Kyiv, Ukraine – August 22, 2025 Charlotte, North Carolina Say her name)
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To: Olog-hai

ANOTHER f’n CRIMINAL politician! Where do all these POS SCUMBAGS come from? HOORAY Fed prosecutors!


3 posted on 05/04/2026 7:17:31 AM PDT by PGalt (Past Peak Civilization? )
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We can thank that treasonous scumbag Ratburger for Georgia getting this bastard into the Senate with help from Kemp of course.


4 posted on 05/04/2026 7:22:31 AM PDT by iamgalt ( )
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To: Olog-hai

Jon Jackoff.


5 posted on 05/04/2026 7:23:45 AM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo )
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; BraveMan; cardinal4; ...
"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.

6 posted on 05/04/2026 7:24:23 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (TDS -- it's not just for DNC shills anymore -- oh, wait, yeah it is.)
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To: iamgalt

YES


7 posted on 05/04/2026 7:25:39 AM PDT by PGalt (Past Peak Civilization? )
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8 posted on 05/04/2026 7:25:41 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (TDS -- it's not just for DNC shills anymore -- oh, wait, yeah it is.)
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To: Olog-hai

This stuff will continue until the penalties become a prohibitive risk.


9 posted on 05/04/2026 7:36:08 AM PDT by neverevergiveup
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To: Red Badger

Ha. Hi Red. If Ossoff returns any money to the SPLC I’ll donate $100 to FR.


10 posted on 05/04/2026 7:55:17 AM PDT by subterfuge
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To: Olog-hai

To the left, he’s a Presidential contender for 28 now


11 posted on 05/04/2026 9:16:44 AM PDT by TornadoAlley3 ( I'm Proud To Be An Okie From Muskogee)
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It would be so good to knock off both Ossoff and SPLC this election year!


12 posted on 05/04/2026 10:42:00 AM PDT by Honorary Serb (Kosovo is Serbia! Free Srpska! Abolish ICTY!)
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