STATEMENT FROM CONGRESSWOMAN BEATTY ON THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE'S ATTACK ON THE SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER

Washington, April 24 -- Congresswoman Joyce Beatty issued the following press release:

Today, U.S. Congresswoman Joyce Beatty (OH-03) issued the following statement regarding the Department of Justice's (DOJ) attack on the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC):



"I am deeply disturbed by the Department of Justice's decision to charge the Southern Poverty Law Center - a historic non-profit civil rights organization. Founded in 1971 in Montgomery, Alabama, this critical organization has been at the forefront of holding extremist hate groups accountable for their abuses against African Americans and played a significant role in confronting the Ku Klux Klan (KKK)."



"This abhorrent attack on the SPLC is part of Trump's systemic attempts to ...