Southern Poverty Law Center says it faces a Justice Department criminal probe over paid informants

The Southern Poverty Law Center says it’s the subject of a Justice Department criminal investigation and faces possible charges over its use of paid informants to infiltrate extremist groups. The Alabama-based civil rights organization made the announcement Tuesday, saying President Donald Trump's administration appears to be preparing legal action against it or its employees. Center CEO Bryan Fair says the focus appears to be its “prior use of paid confidential informants" to gather intelligenc...