Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) said the House judiciary committee issued a new subpoena as part of an investigation into the use of confidential sources around the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, raising questions about whether any were paid by the Southern Poverty Law Center.“Were any of the guys they were paying — was the Biden Justice Department paying these same guys? Confidential human sources. We know 26 confidential human sources were at the Capitol on Jan. 6,” Jordan said to Fox News’s America’s Newsroom co-host Bill Hemmer on Thursday. Jordan said that lawmakers are trying to determine whether taxpayer-funded “confidential human sources” were properly used and whether federal agencies inappropriately coordinated payments across organizations.
“Four went in the Capitol; they weren’t authorized to do so. I want to know if any of these guys were double-dipping and taking money from the government and from the Southern Poverty Law Center. That’s one of the things we want to find out,” Jordan said.
Founded in 1971, the SPLC is a nonprofit organization based in Montgomery, Alabama, whose mission, according to its website, is to change the trajectory of racial injustice and fight white supremacy.
