The Justice Department is probing whether Black Lives Matter (BLM) defrauded donors who sent the organization millions of dollars during the racial justice protests in 2020, the Associated Press is reporting .

Federal law enforcement authorities have issued subpoenas and served a search warrant as part of an investigation into the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation, Inc. that helped ignite protests in U.S. cities following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis in May 2020, anonymous sources told the wire service.

Protests in some locations resulted in deaths, rioting, looting, fires, and extensive property destruction.

According to AP:

It was not clear if the investigation would result in criminal charges, but its mere existence invites fresh scrutiny to a movement that

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