{"id":2324132,"date":"2024-08-13T22:07:01","date_gmt":"2024-08-14T02:07:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-group-alleges-possible-actblue-donor-fraud-to-biden-harris-campaign-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-08-13T22:11:00","modified_gmt":"2024-08-14T02:11:00","slug":"gop-group-alleges-possible-actblue-donor-fraud-to-biden-harris-campaign-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-group-alleges-possible-actblue-donor-fraud-to-biden-harris-campaign-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP group alleges possible ActBlue donor fraud to Biden-Harris campaign- Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgop-group-alleges-possible-actblue-donor-fraud-to-biden-harris-campaign-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2324132&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A Republican group known as \u2063the \u2062Fair Election Fund has launched an investigation into potential donor fraud linked to the \u200cBiden-Harris campaign, focusing on \u200ccontributions made through ActBlue, a fundraising\u200d platform for Democrats. \u2064The group claims \u2062to have identified over 60,000 discrepancies where <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-crowd-cheers-as-desantis-torches-democrat-challenger\/\" title=\"WATCH: Crowd Cheers As DeSantis Torches Democrat Challenger\">small-dollar donors<\/a> were unaware\u200b of their donations\u2063 when contacted. Doug Collins, a former congressman and founder\u200d of the Fair Election Fund, stated\u200b that if these allegations are true, it\u2062 could be the largest scandal \u200bin recent presidential history. The investigation&#8217;s findings have been \u200bshared with several GOP attorneys general who are looking into the claims, emphasizing the \u200dimportance of trust in the electoral \u2063process. \u200cActBlue has not commented on the investigation. The Fair Election Fund plans to continue its vetting process and has already invested $250,000 in initial \u2062findings. Some attorneys general have expressed their willingness to pursue leads that may indicate \u200bfraud.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">ActBlue donations to Biden-Harris campaign subject of GOP donor fraud investigation<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1729968\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>EXCLUSIVE &mdash;<\/strong> A<strong> <\/strong>Republican group investigating Democratic fundraising operations said it has discovered thousands of instances of potential donor fraud and has turned over its findings to GOP prosecutors.<\/p>\n<p>The Fair Election Fund, a national <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/voter-fraud\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>election integrity<\/a> watchdog group that former House Judiciary Committee ranking member <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/author\/doug-collins\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Doug Collins<\/a> helped launch in May, is alleging it has found more than 60,000 potential discrepancies in donations made to President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden<\/a> and Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Kamala Harris<\/a>&lsquo;s campaign through ActBlue, a nonprofit organization that provides Democrats with a fundraising platform.<\/p>\n<p>During its investigation, conducted from late July to early August, the Fair Election Fund identified 60,000 people who were named as small-dollar donors in the Biden-Harris campaign&rsquo;s July <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/federal-election-commission\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Federal Election Commission<\/a> report but did not recall making the contribution when contacted by the Fair Election Fund.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Fighting for fair elections means a lot more than just ensuring the American people can have confidence in the voting process, and that&rsquo;s why the Fair Election Fund is expanding to this new frontier of election integrity,&rdquo; Collins, a former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/georgia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Georgia<\/a> congressman, told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. &ldquo;If the Democrat money machine is secretly stealing the identities of unsuspecting Americans in order to launder money to Kamala Harris, then it will be the biggest scandal in modern presidential history and the perpetrators will be held accountable.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We must get to the bottom of these irregularities to give the public peace of mind that the fundraising landscape in this election is free from fraud and we will not rest until we do,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>ActBlue did not respond to the <em>Washington Examiner&rsquo;s<\/em> request for comment. The <em>Washington Examiner <\/em>has also reached out to the Harris campaign.<\/p>\n<p>The Fair Election Fund, which spent $250,000 on these initial findings, will continue vetting Biden-Harris donors in the coming weeks but has already shared information regarding verified leads to Republican attorneys general for their own investigations, including Steve Marshall, the attorney general of Alabama.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We are grateful to Fair Election Fund for sharing these concerning findings with us, as we explore whether any of our constituents have been defrauded by ActBlue,&rdquo; Marshall told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. &ldquo;Any donor fraud whatsoever compromises the fairness of our elections and cannot be tolerated. Our republic depends upon Americans trusting the electoral process and we will aggressively pursue any lead that threatens to undermine public confidence.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Attorneys General Mike Hilgers of Nebraska, Kris Kobach of Kansas, Jason Miyares of Virginia, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ken-paxton\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Ken Paxton<\/a> of Texas have been contacted by the Fair Election Fund as well.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;My office takes election integrity very seriously,&rdquo; Paxton told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. &ldquo;We are actively monitoring various allegations of fraud across many related issues, and we will evaluate this information quickly with every effort to uphold the law.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Paxton&rsquo;s own investigation into ActBlue resulted in the organization this month starting to require a CVV code for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/state-department-funds-left-wing-group-behind-protests-against-israeli-prime-minister\/\" title=\"State Department funds left-wing group behind protests against Israeli prime minister\">credit card donations<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#128680;New: Texas&#8217;s Ongoing Investigation Into Act&shy;Blue Yields Coop&shy;er&shy;a&shy;tion On Donor Credit Card Identification<\/p>\n<p>In December 2023, we opened an investigation into the major fundraising platform ActBlue to determine whether their operations are compliant with all applicable laws.&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PaxCeUKD2v\">https:\/\/t.co\/PaxCeUKD2v<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Attorney General Ken Paxton (@KenPaxtonTX) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KenPaxtonTX\/status\/1821580504656912643?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 8, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Miyares similarly sent a letter to ActBlue this month regarding what he described as &ldquo;hundreds of thousands of dollars of contributions through individual donors in the Commonwealth in volumes that are facially implausible and appear suspicious.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Taken together, these circumstances appear to indicate that contributions via ActBlue are being made from fictional donors or dummy accounts, or that information reported by or through ActBlue may be fraudulent,&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3109460\/virginia-attorney-general-demands-answers-accounts-donating-democrats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Miyares wrote<\/a>. &ldquo;Alternatively, these circumstances may indicate that contributions via ActBlue are being made without the reported donors&rsquo; consent or awareness. Accordingly, these contributions and ActBlue&rsquo;s facilitation thereof may <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/virginia-attorney-general-demands-answers-about-suspected-dummy-accounts-donating-to-democrats-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Virginia attorney general demands answers about suspected \u2018dummy accounts\u2019 donating to Democrats - Washington Examiner\">violate multiple provisions<\/a> of Virginia charitable and criminal law.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Some of the responses the Fair Election Fund received when it contacted Biden-Harris donors during its investigation included:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>&ldquo;I didn&rsquo;t know how to send a donation.&rdquo;<\/li>\n<li>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t give money out for any political reason.&rdquo;<\/li>\n<li>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t have money to donate to any campaign.&rdquo;<\/li>\n<li>&ldquo;I have changed credit cards though because of fraudulent charges. &ldquo;<\/li>\n<li>&ldquo;I have never and will never donate.&rdquo;<\/li>\n<li>&ldquo;Never authorized anything for anyone&rsquo;s campaign.&rdquo;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As part of an expanded investigation, the Fair Election Fund plans to also probe why ActBlue did not have certain security protocols and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-republicans-dig-into-democrat-fundraising-platforms-shady-donor-verification-process\/\" title=\"GOP investigates questionable donor verification process in Democratic fundraising platform.\">donor verification processes<\/a> until recently, including not having the CVV code requirement for credit card contributions.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Fair Election Fund has promised to spend more than $5 million in 2024 to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/president-trump-calls-for-healing-reconciliation\/\" title=\"President Trump calls for healing, reconciliation\">counter election fraud<\/a>, including through its whistleblower protection fund and campaigns against election officials such as one in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/north-carolina\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>North Carolina<\/a> against three Democrats on the state&rsquo;s elections board who declined to certify ballot access for independent candidate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/cornel-west\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Cornel West<\/a>&rsquo;s presidential campaign.<\/p>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1729968\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1729968\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>**Read more&#8230;**<\/p>\n<p>ActBlue donations to the Biden-Harris campaign are under scrutiny in a GOP donor fraud investigation. A Republican organization looking into Democratic fundraising practices claims to have found thousands of potential instances of donor fraud and has submitted its findings to Republican prosecutors. The Fair Election Fund, a national election integrity watchdog group co-founded by former House Judiciary Committee ranking member Doug Collins in May, alleges it has identified over 60,000 possible discrepancies in contributions made to President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris through ActBlue, a nonprofit that facilitates fundraising for Democrats. <\/p>\n<p>During an investigation conducted from late July to early August, the Fair Election Fund contacted individuals listed as small-dollar donors in the Biden-Harris campaign&#8217;s July Federal Election Commission report and found that many did not remember making those contributions. Collins stated to the Washington Examiner, &#8220;Ensuring fair elections goes beyond just maintaining public confidence in the voting process; that&#8217;s why we&#8217;re expanding our efforts into this new area of election integrity.&#8221; He added that if it turns out that Democrats are using unsuspecting Americans&#8217; identities for illicit fundraising activities for Kamala Harris, it would be one of the biggest scandals in modern presidential history.<\/p>\n<p>The Fair Election Fund plans to continue examining Biden-Harris donors and has already shared verified leads with Republican attorneys general for further investigation. Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall expressed gratitude for these findings as they look into potential fraud involving ActBlue donations from constituents. He emphasized that any form of donor fraud undermines electoral fairness.<\/p>\n<p>Other attorneys general from Nebraska, Kansas, Virginia, and Texas have also been contacted regarding this matter. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton noted his office&#8217;s commitment to investigating various allegations related to election integrity swiftly.<\/p>\n<p>As part of their ongoing inquiry into ActBlue\u2019s operations compliance with laws, Miyares sent a letter highlighting concerns about suspiciously high donation volumes from individual donors within Virginia.<\/p>\n<p>Responses received by the Fair Election Fund when reaching out included statements like: \u201cI didn\u2019t know how to send a donation,\u201d \u201cI don\u2019t give money out for any political reason,\u201d and \u201cI never authorized anything for anyone\u2019s campaign.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The Fair Election Fund intends not only to investigate these irregularities but also why certain security measures were lacking at ActBlue until recently\u2014specifically regarding credit card verification processes like requiring CVV codes. They plan on investing over $5 million throughout 2024 towards combating election fraud through various initiatives including whistleblower protections and campaigns against certain election officials who have resisted certifying ballot access for independent candidates like Cornel West<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2652,"featured_media":2324133,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Joe-Biden-swap.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[23495,38082,38081,6203],"class_list":["post-2324132","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-actblue","tag-biden-harris-campaign","tag-donor-fraud","tag-gop"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Joe-Biden-swap.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2324132","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2652"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2324132"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2324132\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2324133"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2324132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2324132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2324132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}