The self-described "catalyst for racial justice in the South and beyond" was indicted April 21 on federal fraud charges for improperly raising millions of dollars to secretly pay leaders of hate groups for inside information.
Talking about this on "Washington Watch," Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Arizona) said, "We knew that they were biased against pro-life, pro-family, conservative, traditional value organizations," but the situation is worse than he imagined.
"We never would've dreamed that they were actually using donor money to go out and hire people to foment violent actions and then use those violent actions as a mailer or an advertising campaign to raise more money," said Biggs.
He called it "cynical," "dastardly," "horrific" and "the ultimate grift" and said he looks forward to finding out more about it.
Thursday, House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) sent a letter demanding documents and communication from the SPLC interim CEO.
According to Biggs, the committee wants emails, text messages and other records to find out who the SPLC was talking to, including members of the Biden administration.
This is due to Joe Biden campaigning in 2020 on the Charlottesville riot.
"Just like what we've found with some of the data dumps that have come out of DOJ on other issues, we think that there was some kind of coordination there," said Biggs.
"SPLC hires some people in Charlottesville to participate, maybe even foment … and then a lady was killed there," Rep. Biggs posed. "That's what the mainstream or left-stream media was focusing on that allowed Joe Biden to become president of the United States."
Biggs said Republicans need to find out how deep this goes.
"Americans don't trust their government anymore, and it's stuff like this that tends to make them very, very wary of anything their government says," he said.
"Washington Watch" is a program produced by the Family Research Council (FRC).
In 2012, a gunman entered the FRC headquarters in Washington, D.C., with plans to shoot as many employees as possible. Investigators found that the gunman was motivated by SPLC's hate map, which labeled FRC a "hate group."
The American Family Association, the parent organization of the American Family News Network, which operates AFN.net, has also been labeled a hate group by the SPLC.
