A new congressional report pulls back the curtain on the Democratic fundraising behemoth ActBlue, revealing the company may have recklessly laundered foreign money into American elections.
ActBlue CEO Regina Wallace-Jones may have perjured herself when she told Congress the platform is secure. When attorneys voiced concerns that the company may have broken the law, Wallace-Jones and others in ActBlue leadership simply retaliated against them, alleges the Wednesday interim staff report from the House Administration Committee, House Judiciary Committee and House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
A running tally on the ActBlue website shows the liberal money machine has raised nearly $20 billion as of Thursday. How much of that enormous tranche originated abroad remains a complete mystery, the latest evidence suggests.
Screenshot: ActBlue website
Foreign actors could easily bypass the company's loophole-laden verification process, the committees allege.
The House Administration Committee launched its investigation in October 2023 following reports that ActBlue does not ask that a donor to the platform supply a card verification value (CVV). The committee first flagged that the platform could be utilized as a conduit for foreign money laundering in October 2024.
When an ActBlue contributor lists an address outside of the U.S., a popup window asks for a passport number. But donors need not have a valid passport, the committee's investigation reveals, because a...
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