FBI Director Kash Patel confirmed that the agency has severed all ties to the Montgomery-based Southern Poverty Law Center.

"The Southern Poverty Law Center long ago abandoned civil rights work and turned into a partisan smear machine. Their so-called "hate map" has been used to defame mainstream Americans and even inspired violence," Patel wrote in an X post.

"That disgraceful record makes them unfit for any FBI partnership. In April, during our Anti-Christian Bias Panel, I made it clear that the FBI will never rely on politicized or agenda-driven intelligence from outside groups — and certainly not from the SPLC. Under this FBI, all ties with the SPLC have officially been terminated," he expanded.

He linked a Daily Signal news story that expanded on Patel's statement, saying, "The F

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