The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has issued a superseding indictment against the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) to rectify issues found in the original indictment. However, national security journalist Marcy Wheeler has raised concerns that the revisions may have highlighted even bigger problems. Notably, the DOJ, led by Emily Covington, leaked the new indictment to the media before it was officially docketed, which violates grand jury secrecy protocols. The revised indictment shifts the focus from allegations of falsehoods to 'omissions of material facts' regarding how SPLC communicated with its donors about the use of informants in infiltrating hate groups. Wheeler argues that unlike other high-profile fraud cases, such as those involving Steve Bannon, there is no solid evidence that SPLC misled donors into believing they would not use informants. The changes in the indictment appear to be more cosmetic than substantive, raising questions about the DOJ's confidence in their case against the SPLC and the integrity of the indictment process itself.