Who is Heidi Beirich? 5 things to know about the former SPLC official arrested in $1.2M donor-fraud case
Heidi Beirich, a former Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) official, was arrested in California on Wednesday, August 12, in a federal case tied to the nonprofit’s secret payments to informants inside extremist groups. Prosecutors accuse Beirich of helping oversee payments made with donor money and of taking part in a scheme involving false bank records … Read more