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Government Corruption

House formally subpoenas ActBlue as feds confirm suspicious activity tied to Democrat fundraising

2024-10-31

[JustTheNews] GOP lawmakers worried foreign adversaries like China, Iran, Venezuela and Russia are exploiting loopholes to route illicit foreign money to Democrat candidates.

House investigators formally subpoenaed the Democrat donations platform ActBlue in a rapidly expanding probe into possible illicit foreign funding in the 2024 election after the Treasury Department confirmed to Congress its money laundering detection system has generated hundreds of suspicious activity reports related to the online fund-raising giant.

The dramatic developments were communicated to House members and ActBlue itself in a series of memos this week obtained by Just the News that reaffirmed that lawmakers fear foreign adversaries like China, Iran, Venezuela and Russia may be routing illicit foreign money into Democratic coffers by using the names of unsuspecting American donors.

"Although Treasury has not yet produced any records, it is currently reviewing hundreds of potentially responsive records according to three video conference calls between Committee and Treasury staff since the initial request," House Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer wrote colleagues in a confidential memo Tuesday night.

Comer's committee, House Administration Committee Chairman Bryan Steil and Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., recently requested access to suspicious activity reports (SARs) filed by financial institutions concerning money flowing through ActBlue, and "Treasury revealed this is one of the largest records reviews it has conducted this Congress," according to the Comer letter obtained by Just the News and first reported by The New York Post.

As Comer's team awaited a review of the SARs, Steil's committee sent a subpoena Wednesday afternoon to ActBlue demanding the massive fund-raising platform turn over records on how it confirms donors' identities and endures no fraud or money laundering occurs with contributions going to Democratic candidates and groups.

"The Committee is compelling, via the attached subpoena, the production of documents and communications related to ActBlue’s donor verification policies and the potential for foreign actors, primarily from Iran, Russia, Venezuela, and China, to use ActBlue to launder illicit money into U.S. political campaigns," Steil wrote in the letter to ActBlue CEO Regina-Wallace Jones.

Steil said he was concerned about the fund-raising platform’s security practices after ActBlue disclosed to his committee last year that it did not require from donors on all transactions the credit card verification value (“CVV”) associated with the credit or debit card used by the contributor, a key protection against identity fraud and money laundering.

“You explained that your platform did not require contributors to provide their CVV when making an online contribution in all transactions,” he wrote.

Specifically, Steil's letter demanded that ActBlue turn over to his committee:

Any changes to ActBlue’s CVV verification policy since October 2023;

All documents relating to contributions ActBlue has processed via prepaid cards, including a breakdown of any contributions from cards originating outside the United States;

Any entities that ActBlue has deplatformed due to a decision “not to process” by any third-party payment processors or because the source of funding came from a foreign or sanctioned source;

All reports received from U.S. citizens alleging unauthorized or fraudulent donations made in their names.

Posted by:Skidmark

#4 So they wait until 5 days before an election to do this. In other words, let them cheat, if the Dems win, it will all be swept under the trash heap called AMerica.

Posted by: 49 Pan 2024-10-31 14:53

#3 Dinesh went to jail for what ActBlue is doing. His was a single offense to help a friend’s campaign. He knew she had no chance. ActBlue is systematically violating federal law in an organized fashion. It deserves a RICO case. We’ll see what the TrumpDOJ is made of.

Posted by: Super Hose 2024-10-31 12:25

#2 Jan6 bomber, same disinterest. Post unknown bomber foto below please.

Posted by: Besoeker 2024-10-31 08:55

#1 Sen. Ron Johnson says FBI disinterested in investigating foreign election interference when it benefits Dems

Posted by: Skidmark 2024-10-31 08:25

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