Dem shady fundraising
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The House of Representatives have turned up the heat on ActBlue, the Democrats’ go-to online fundraising juggernaut, issuing subpoenas Tuesday to two key witnesses as part of a probe into whether the platform was exploited by foreign actors to funnel illegal donations into the 2024 election.
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, House Oversight Chairman James Comer, and House Administration Chairman Bryan Steil spearheaded the subpoenas, targeting former ActBlue Vice President of Customer Service Alyssa Twomey and a senior workflow specialist. The witnesses are compelled to testify by July 15, following their lawyer’s refusal to allow voluntary interviews, citing an ongoing Justice Department investigation into ActBlue, according to correspondence obtained by Just the News.
“The Committees’ investigation has a clear – and important – legislative purpose,” the lawmakers wrote in a letter accompanying the subpoenas. “Congress has a specific interest in ensuring that bad actors, including foreign actors, cannot make fraudulent or illegal political donations through online fundraising platforms.” The letter pulls no punches, accusing ActBlue of adopting a dangerously lax approach to fraud prevention during the 2024 election cycle.
Evidence uncovered by congressional investigators paints a troubling picture of ActBlue’s operations. The platform, which powered Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign to raise nearly $47 million in its opening hours, allegedly weakened its fraud protections not once, but twice, in 2024, despite knowing about foreign attempts to slip illicit donations through its system. “The Committees have found significant evidence that ActBlue had ‘a fundamentally unserious approach to fraud prevention’ during this period,” the letter stated.
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Despite their shady fundraising, the Democrats are falling further behind the GOP in fundraising. ActBlue is looking like a serious problem for Democrats.
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