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The House Administration Committee\u00a0attempted\u00a0to gather\u202ftestimony\u202fWednesday\u00a0from the leader of ActBlue,\u00a0the Democratic Party\u2019s vital fundraising\u00a0organ\u00a0and a group\u00a0I\u2019ve\u00a0investigated. The hearing was intended to consider allegations that the platform\u00a0failed to\u00a0prevent foreign donations from entering its system.\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Unfortunately for Congress\u00a0and the American people, ActBlue\u00a0CEO Regina Wallace-Jones refused to answer the\u00a0committee\u2019s questions and invoked her\u00a0Fifth Amendment Right to not self-incriminate.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Foreign actors should have no influence\u00a0on\u00a0our elections. House officials\u00a0shouldn\u2019t\u00a0step on the brakes until they get answers.\u202f\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Since its founding in 2004, ActBlue has\u202fraised\u202fnearly\u00a0$19 billion\u00a0for Democrat\u00a0candidates and left-wing groups. That success has made the organization one of the most influential fundraising platforms in American politics. But with that influence comes an obligation to\u00a0maintain\u00a0rigorous safeguards and transparency.\u202fUnfortunately, ActBlue falls flat on both of those fronts.\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n

For starters, the organization\u202fclaims\u202fit does not allow donations from undisclosed\u00a0sources,\u00a0particularly foreign groups. Yet an internal investigation from\u00a0The\u202fNew York Times\u202ffound\u202fthat for years, ActBlue\u00a0failed to\u00a0adequately vet certain contributions\u00a0from abroad,\u00a0even when donor identities could not be fully verified.\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n

The organization, for example, claims it requires passport information from donors who cannot be\u00a0identified. But ActBlue\u2019s own legal counsel raised concerns that it\u00a0failed to\u00a0obtain this information when users contributed through virtual payment apps\u00a0such as\u00a0Venmo,\u00a0Paypal,\u00a0and\u00a0Apple Pay.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Pre-paid gift cards present another vulnerability. Because they can be\u00a0purchased\u00a0with cash and used anonymously, ActBlue claims it does not allow them on its platform. But my investigations \u2014 published after the group told Congress it had ended the practice \u2014\u00a0show\u202fthat would-be donors have no problem sending money to ActBlue via anonymous gift cards.\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n

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What does this mean for U.S. elections? Foreign actors like Iran, China, or Russia could use alternative payment methods and fake identities to inflate funding for a specific candidate or party. Without airtight measures preventing anonymous payments,\u00a0there\u2019s\u00a0no telling if, or how much, these foreign actors have contributed through this scheme.\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n

ActBlue\u2019s nonprofit affiliates\u00a0have\u00a0received\u00a0additional\u00a0scrutiny for\u00a0how certain funds are reported. These affiliates\u00a0\u2014\u00a0ActBlue Civics, a 501(c)(4), and\u00a0ActBlue Charities, a 501(c)(3)\u00a0\u2014\u00a0collect money that is\u00a0distributed to various groups via a\u00a0tax-reporting loophole that makes the money difficult to trace. ActBlue\u202freported\u202fthat $8.6 million was handled through this process in 2024 alone.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Representatives of ActBlue staunchly deny any wrongdoing. But given the group\u2019s extreme response to scrutiny\u00a0of\u00a0its practices, its counterclaims hold little water. When ActBlue\u2019s\u00a0outside legal counsel\u202fsounded\u202fthe alarm that the organization may have misled Congress, it responded by severing ties with its external lawyers. Soon, the group\u2019s in-house attorneys sprinted for the\u00a0exits,\u00a0prompting its unions to\u202fsend a\u00a0\u201cblistering\u201d\u00a0letter\u00a0that demanded outside counsel be hired to investigate the\u00a0\u201calarming\u201d\u00a0departures,\u00a0The\u00a0New York Times\u00a0reported.\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n

High-profile Republican leaders\u00a0including\u00a0Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton have\u202finvestigated\u00a0the\u00a0allegations\u00a0that\u00a0ActBlue\u00a0failed to\u00a0police potentially improper donations.\u00a0Instead\u00a0of welcoming the inquiry, the group muddied the water with countersuits and accusations of political motivation.\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n

Whether those allegations are\u00a0ultimately proven\u00a0to be true is for legal investigations and trials to\u00a0determine. But the\u00a0unanswered questions\u00a0about\u00a0one of the country\u2019s largest political fundraising platforms should concern Americans who value public confidence in elections and oppose foreign interference.\u00a0<\/p>\n

No group should receive a hall pass simply because it is aligned with one political party. Congress\u00a0\u2014\u00a0as the nation\u2019s chief oversight body\u00a0\u2014\u00a0has a responsibility to get answers. Wednesday\u2019s hearing presented an opportunity to do just that. ActBlue refused to\u00a0participate.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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