svg]:overflow-visible">Listen to article • 0:00 minThe Southern Poverty Law Center, a storied organization founded to promote racial justice in the South, said it is facing a Justice Department investigation including possible criminal charges over its past use of paid informants to infiltrate extremist groups.The civil rights organization revealed the probe in a video message from its CEO, Bryan Fair, who said prosecutors appeared to be preparing legal action against some of its employees.Advertisement“Although we don’t know all the details, the focus appears to be on the SPLC’s prior use of paid confidential informants to gather credible intelligence on extremely violent groups,”...