In April, shortly after the indictment of the Southern Poverty Law Center, The Federalist explained here that the indictment was probably just a start and should be regarded as the tip of the iceberg. An active investigation continued, we wrote, and more legal developments should be expected. That was correct: A grand jury just returned a more detailed superseding indictment alleging that the SPLC has been pouring money into the groups it purports to oppose.
Since that educated guess turned out to be correct, here’s the next one: This new version of the indictment is also probably the tip of the iceberg, and there are still more developments to come. You’re probably going to wait a long time to find out what happens to the SPLC, and there are reasons to expect delay from both sides of the pending criminal case.
