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Michigan Secretary of State and gubernatorial candidate Jocelyn Benson, who spent years as an undercover operative and board member for the Southern Poverty Law Center, faces new scrutiny as the organization announced Tuesday it is under federal criminal investigation by the Department of Justice. The DOJ probe centers on the SPLC's past use of paid confidential informants to infiltrate extremist groups — the same type of work Benson has long touted as the foundation of her p