DOJ files superseding indictment against SPLC staff, adding obstruction count after attorneys filed selective prosecution motion

The Department of Justice filed a superseding indictment against three SPLC staff members, adding an obstruction of justice count that prosecutors tied to the defendants' filing of a selective prosecution motion and associated discovery requests. Defense attorneys argued the superseding indictment was itself vindictive prosecution — retaliation for the exercise of a constitutional right. The case drew national attention as a test of whether courts would apply the vindictive prosecution doctrine to suppress charges added in response to a legal defense strategy.