'I DIDN'T ASK IF IT'S LAWFULL OR NOT…': Jordan rips into SPLC lawyer for misrepresenting information

Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) came armed with gotcha questions at Wednesday's House Judiciary Committee hearing on the Southern Poverty Law Center — and walked away empty-handed after civil rights attorney Maya Wiley repeatedly deflected his attacks by pointing to one inconvenient fact: the donors don't care. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche used the phrase "Manufacturing Hate" — charging that the SPLC was "not dismantling these groups" but "manufacturing the extremism it purports to oppose" — and it became the hearing's title. The committee convened in the wake of a federal grand jury indictment on April 21, charging the SPLC with 11 counts, including wire fraud, false statements to a federally insured bank, and conspiracy to commit money laundering.