Extremism expert hailed as 'terrific' by ex-Biden official slapped with federal charges

FIRST ON FOX: Before federal charges put ex-Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) official Heidi Beirich at the center of efforts to allegedly pay White supremacist informants, the left-wing Center for American Progress (CAP) hosted and praised her as an expert on extremism in the U.S. during a 2018 event.

Neera Tanden, the CEO of CAP and a longtime Democratic operative who has worked for multiple Democratic presidents, including former President Joe Biden, described Beirich as among the "terrific...