Ex-law center official charged in criminal case against group: Lawyer0

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• August 12, 2026

WASHINGTON — A former Southern Poverty Law Center official has been charged in the Department of Justice’s broader criminal case against the Alabama-based civil rights group, a lawyer for the ex-official said Wednesday. Heidi Beirich, a political extremism expert who served as the law center’s chief financial officer, was expected to make her initial court