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FBI Severs Partnerships With ADL and SPLC After Conservative Backlash

The decision follows pressure from the right over extremism labels linked to Turning Point USA.

FBI Director Kash Patel speaks with Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., as he appears before the House Judiciary Committee, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
The Jewish-Palestinian solidarity group Jewish Voice for Peace held a march to protest Israel's war crimes in Gaza, as well as condemn the Anti-Defamation League in downtown Washington, D.C. on Jan 17, 2025. (Photo by Kia Rastar / Middle East Images / Middle East Images via AFP) (Photo by KIA RASTAR/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)
UNITED STATES - SEPTEMBER 17: FBI Director Kash Patel testifies during the House Judiciary Committee hearing titled "Oversight of the Federal Bureau of Investigation," in Rayburn building on Wednesday, September 17, 2025. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call via AP Images)
FBI Director Kash Patel gestures as he testifies before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on oversight of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., September 16, 2025. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo

Overview

  • Director Kash Patel accused the ADL of embedding FBI agents and running operations that spied on Americans, though he has not provided public evidence for those claims.
  • The FBI’s break reverses ties lauded under James Comey, whose 2014–2017 remarks highlighted ADL training for agents and joint hate-crime resources.
  • The ADL this week removed its online Glossary of Extremism and said the years-old entries were outdated and frequently misrepresented.
  • Patel on Friday said the bureau also cut off the Southern Poverty Law Center, calling it a partisan smear operation; the SPLC said it remains committed to exposing hate and extremism.
  • The fallout grew after the assassination of Charlie Kirk and criticism from figures including Elon Musk over descriptions of Turning Point USA’s ties to extremists.