WASHINGTON \u2014 The head of the Southern Poverty Law Center said Tuesday that the civil rights organization was being “targeted” by the Trump administration with a criminal investigation that appeared to focus on the group’s use of confidential informants that gathered evidence on “extremely violent groups.”Bryan Fair, the interim chief executive of the group, said in a video posted Tuesday that the 55-year-old organization was facing a “serious” threat: “a criminal investigation and possible cha<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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