Posted on 08/12/2026 1:20:12 PM PDT by DFG
A former Southern Poverty Law Center finance officer was charged Wednesday for her role in secretly paying informants who participated in white supremacist groups over the past decade.
Heidi Beirich made an initial appearance in federal court, according to her defense attorney Michael Proctor. CNN reported that she had been arrested earlier Wednesday.
A 26-page superseding indictment naming Beirich, who was first unmasked by The Post in June, was later filed in the Middle District of Alabama.
“There is a new indictment that includes the former CFO of SPLC,” Attorney General Todd Blanche confirmed at an unrelated news conference at DOJ headquarters, adding that there had been “an arrest made,” though Beirich’s attorney said she appeared voluntarily in court.
“Dr. Beirich is innocent, and this case is without merit,” said Proctor in a statement. “We believe the charges against her and the SPLC are politically motivated, and Dr. Beirich has been targeted in this case because of the important work she has done to combat hate groups and extremists.”
Beirich was one of several SPLC leaders accused of opening up bank accounts with fake company names to funnel payments toward various hate group leaders.
Her identification came from details in an indictment brought against the left-wing group out of the Northern District of Alabama.
That filing accused Beirich of helping to funnel $1.2 million in SPLC donor money to an informant in the white supremacist group National Alliance — who was also purportedly her lover.
The June 2 indictment had named the “person who would become Director of the SPLC’s Intelligence Project” as “Employee-2.” Beirich served in that role from 2012 to 2019.
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White Supremicist terrorists. So rare that you have to hire actors just for them to even exist.
Not a surprise.
When you see an ‘enemy’ out there and it doesn’t exist you astroturf it to make it exist.
The FBI can do this and I’m certain the Obama-Biden FBI did it.
But there are other perps out there not the least of which is the SPLC.
Will this case break open the story of what really happened in Charlottesville during Trump’s first term?
Will the secret origin of the “Patriot Front” be revealed?
“Beirich, 59, of Palm Springs, California, is charged with wire fraud conspiracy, conspiracy to submit false statements to a federally insured bank and conspiracy to commit concealment money laundering. She was charged in the government’s existing case against the SPLC in Montgomery, Alabama.”
As has been observed before, the demand for racism far exceeds the supply, at least in the United States.
“If the Jew did not exist, the Antisemite would invent him.”
— Sartre
The hate comes first. The object of the hate comes second. And is invented if necessary.
One big fat AWFL ugly pig.... Jail is too good for it.
I’m going to join the KKK so I can get in on some of that funding!
White supremacyst group? pantyfa, dsa?
She had a lover? ick
In the end she sent 1.2M to her boyfriend. I bet half of that came right back.
Anyone remember right after Trump beat Satans daughter Hillary in the election a video was shown by the MSM of these neo-Nazis/white supremacists in this room and a guy was giving a speech, and he says “Hail brothers! Trump has won! Hail Trump! Hail Trump!” and they gave the Nazi salute?
I saw that with my brother and we started cracking up because it was so freakin’ fake and NOBODY talks about it, it was instantly brushed under the rug and the MSM tried to make it legit and I’m now wondering if these scumbags at the SPLC paid for it or Satans daughter did. I am so sick of democrats getting away with this crap
All SPLC executives, leaders, lawyers, spokesmen and high $$$$ donors should be thrown into an active volcano and sent back to Satan.
Guilty on all counts. The salt mines are too good for it.
I would credit any time the Nazi spent shacking up with this thing as time served
Will this case break open the story of what really happened in Charlottesville during Trump’s first term?
Will the secret origin of the “Patriot Front” be revealed?
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How bout J6?
Professional Background: Beirich served as the Director of the SPLC's Intelligence Project from 2012 to 2019 and previously as the organization's Chief Financial Officer. She is an expert on far-right movements, including white supremacy and neo-Confederacy, and co-edited the book Neo-Confederacy: A Critical Introduction. In 2020, she co-founded the Global Project Against Hate and Extremism (GPAHE), where she currently serves as Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer.
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