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  "id": 689597,
  "title": "Ex-Southern Poverty Law Center official charged in broader criminal case against group, lawyer says",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/ex-southern-poverty-law-center-official-charged-in-broader-criminal",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-12T18:53:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Associated Press",
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    "url": "https://apnews.com/article/splc-heidi-beirich-justice-department-06de95e24ef62a274dc8b5643e3f928d"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "WASHINGTON (AP) — 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…",
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