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Justice Dept. Turns Civil Rights Group’s Informant Against It

Lawyers for the Southern Poverty Law Center say that federal prosecutors capitalized on the informant’s money problems and exposure to indictment to persuade him to assist the government.

© Jada Yuan/The New York Times

The Southern Poverty Law Center’s lawyers said that this informant went far beyond serving as a normal government witness and came to resemble a member of the government’s investigative team.
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