The Justice Department is investigating whether donations to the national Black Lives Matter foundation were misused by the group's leadership in the wake of an influx of gifts during nationwide racial justice protests in the summer of 2020, according to a source familiar with the investigation.

The Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation Inc., which is a separate entity from the Black Lives Matter protest movement, has long been accused by right-wing critics of not being transparent enough with how it spends its donations. Part of that criticism came when the group used more than $6 million to buy a house in Los Angeles.

The group defended the purchase in a 2022 post on its website, writing that the house "serves as a space for Black folks to share their gifts with the world and

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