FIRST ON FOX: SPLC’s legal woes grow as Jim Jordan fires latest salvo at left-wing group

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FIRST ON FOX: The House Judiciary Committee escalated scrutiny of the Southern Poverty Law Center on Thursday, demanding documents from the nonprofit after a federal indictment alleged the group funneled millions in donor funds to extremist organizations. Committee Chairman Jim Jordan , R-Ohio, wrote in a letter first obtained by Fox News Digital to SPLC President Bryan Fair that the GOP-led committee was investigating any coordination between the SPLC and the Biden Department of Justice and FBI, both of which had used the left-wing nonprofit as a resource. Jordan demanded a slate of documents from the SPLC by April 30, a request that comes after his Republican counterparts in the Senate also ramped up scrutiny of the SPLC and after Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche hinted at more possible indictments related to the group. The intensifying investigations into the SPLC, expanding from the DOJ to now Congress, come after Jordan's committee previously investigated the group, saying it was known for "maligning several mainstream conservative and religious organizations as 'hate groups,'" such as Moms for Liberty and Turning Point USA, and that the Biden DOJ improperly used it for civil rights enforcement. SPLC SAW REVENUE SURGE AFTER CHARLOTTESVILLE RALLY AS DOJ ALLEGES INFORMANT TIES "Publicly available documents revealed how the Justice Department partnered closely with the SPLC during the Biden-Harris Administration, including scheduling regular meetings, giving the SPLC early access to federal law-enforcement data, and allowing SPLC employees to train federal prosecutors," Jordan wrote. "The new information about the SPLC alleged in the indictment only raises further questions." Jordan also noted that a controversial internal memo originating from the FBI Richmond Field Office during Director Christopher Wray's tenure, which framed so-called radical-traditionalist Catholics as a group of people more prone to violent crime, used the SPLC as a source for its findi…