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In this Nov. 29, 2016, file photo, Richard Cohen, president of the Southern Poverty Law Center, right, speaks during a news conference at the National Press Club in Washington. Cohen, the head of the watchdog organization, on Friday, March 22, 2019, announced his resignation to staff. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File) **FILE**

Turmoil roils Southern Poverty Law Center as president Richard Cohen resigns

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

In this Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2011, file photo, Morris Dees (right) with the Southern Poverty Law Center, right, listens during a news conference, at the Hinds County Courthouse in Jackson, Miss. The Alabama-based Southern Poverty Law Center, a nationally known nonprofit that monitors hate organizations, said Thursday, March 14, 2019, it had fired co-founder Morris Dees, who once won a lawsuit that bankrupted a leading Ku Klux Klan group. (Joe Ellis/The Clarion-Ledger via AP, File)

High-profile firing adds to troubles for watchdog group

By JAY REEVES - Associated Press

In this Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2011, file photo, Morris Dees (right) with the Southern Poverty Law Center, right, listens during a news conference, at the Hinds County Courthouse in Jackson, Miss. The Alabama-based Southern Poverty Law Center, a nationally known nonprofit that monitors hate organizations, said Thursday, March 14, 2019, it had fired co-founder Morris Dees, who once won a lawsuit that bankrupted a leading Ku Klux Klan group. (Joe Ellis/The Clarion-Ledger via AP, File)

Civil rights organization announces dismissal of founder

By KIM CHANDLER - Associated Press

Morris Dees with the Southern Poverty Law Center, right, listens during a news conference, at the Hinds County Courthouse in Jackson, Miss. (Joe Ellis/The Clarion-Ledger via AP, File)

Morris Dees fired by Southern Poverty Law Center

By Victor Morton - The Washington Times

** FILE ** FBI Director James Comey testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 26, 2014, before a House Appropriations, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies subcommittee hearing on the FBI fiscal 2015 budget. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

EDITORIAL: The FBI dumps a ‘hate group’

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES