Heidi Beirich, an expert on far-right groups, has been charged over alleged misuse of donor funds to pay informants.

Heidi Beirich, former SPLC official, was arrested in a $1.2M donor-fraud case over alleged payments to extremist-group informants.

“A free and fair society does not use the justice system to silence its political opponents,” Heidi Beirich’s attorney said in a statement.