{"id":2591188,"date":"2026-04-15T15:38:01","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T19:38:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-gop-demands-actblue-forfeit-info-about-unserious-efforts-to-stop-foreign-donations\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T15:42:29","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T19:42:29","slug":"house-gop-demands-actblue-forfeit-info-about-unserious-efforts-to-stop-foreign-donations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-gop-demands-actblue-forfeit-info-about-unserious-efforts-to-stop-foreign-donations\/","title":{"rendered":"House Demands ActBlue Disclose &#8216;Unserious&#8217; Anti-Fraud Polices"},"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\">14<\/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%2Fhouse-gop-demands-actblue-forfeit-info-about-unserious-efforts-to-stop-foreign-donations%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=2591188&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>House Republican leaders are pressing ActBlue to disclose records related to potential or actual use by foreign nationals to donate to U.S. political campaigns and to reveal ActBlue\u2019s anti-fraud practices. In a Tuesday letter to ActBlue CEO Regina Wallace-Jones, Chairs Bryan Steil, jim Jordan, and James Comer (of the House Administration, Judiciary, and Oversight committees) demanded all documents and communications about foreign use of ActBlue and the platform\u2019s measures to prevent foreign contributions, with a deadline of April 28. They argue that federal law prohibits foreign donations and cite recent reporting that ActBlue may have lied to Congress and obstructed investigations into foreign contributions.<\/p>\n<p>The article notes past oversight by the committees and cites a New York Times report suggesting ActBlue may have deliberately obstructed their investigation, including claims that some donors using Apple Pay, PayPal, or Venmo were not asked for passport information. The chairmen contend ActBlue may have withheld material responsive to subpoenas and demand records from January 2020 onward. The piece, written by Shawn Fleetwood for The federalist, frames the demand as part of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/guarantee-that-dana-bash-corners-mayorkas-with-concerns-disinfo-board-will-monitor-americans\/\" title=\"\u2018Guarantee That?\u2019: Dana Bash Corners Mayorkas With Concerns Disinfo Board Will Monitor Americans\">safeguarding civil liberties<\/a> and the integrity of American elections. It also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-white-men-keep-impersonating-obama-and-its-so-uncomfortable-to-watch\/\" title=\"Dem White Men Keep Impersonating Obama. It&#039;s Uncomfortable\">includes related tags<\/a> such as ActBlue, dark money, Democrats, and elections.  <\/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<div class=\"article-body body-md bdr-top-black pt-30\">\n<div class=\"row justify-content-center\">\n<div class=\"col-12\">\n<figure class=\"article-thumbnail mb-30 mb-sm-60\">\n<div class=\"article-thumbnail-caption d-flex align-items-center justify-content-md-end label-xs mt-15\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-camera me-10\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Image Credit<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pexels.com\/photo\/close-up-shot-of-paper-money-13651750\/\">Dmytro Glazunov\/Pexels<\/a>       <\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-share text-center article-share-simple\">\n<h5 class=\"label-sm mb-10\">Share<\/h5>\n<ul class=\"article-share-list list-unstyled m-0 p-0\">\n<li class=\"article-share-facebook m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/04\/15\/house-gop-demands-actblue-forfeit-info-about-unserious-efforts-to-stop-foreign-donations\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-facebook\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Facebook<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-twitter m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=House%20GOP%20Demands%20ActBlue%20Forfeit%20Info%20About%20%E2%80%98Unserious%E2%80%99%20Efforts%20To%20Stop%20Foreign%20Donations&amp;url=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/04\/15\/house-gop-demands-actblue-forfeit-info-about-unserious-efforts-to-stop-foreign-donations\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-twitter\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Twitter<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-truth-social m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/share?title=House%20GOP%20Demands%20ActBlue%20Forfeit%20Info%20About%20%E2%80%98Unserious%E2%80%99%20Efforts%20To%20Stop%20Foreign%20Donations&amp;url=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/04\/15\/house-gop-demands-actblue-forfeit-info-about-unserious-efforts-to-stop-foreign-donations\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"currentColor\" style=\"width:36px;height:auto;\" viewbox=\"0 0 92 93\"><path d=\"M69.444 55.716H56.772v10.37h12.672zM64.487 37.795V27.32H38.666v38.664h13.18v-28.19zM21.05 27.321h12.653v10.471H21.051z\" https:><\/path><\/svg>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Truth Social<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-link m-0\">       <button data-clipboard-text=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/04\/15\/house-gop-demands-actblue-forfeit-info-about-unserious-efforts-to-stop-foreign-donations\/\" data-tooltip-content=\"Copied!\" class=\"clip tooltip\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-link-variant\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Copy Article Link<\/span>       <\/button>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-email m-0\">       <a href=\"mailto:?subject=House%20GOP%20Demands%20ActBlue%20Forfeit%20Info%20About%20%E2%80%98Unserious%E2%80%99%20Efforts%20To%20Stop%20Foreign%20Donations&amp;body=%20https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/04\/15\/house-gop-demands-actblue-forfeit-info-about-unserious-efforts-to-stop-foreign-donations\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-email\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article via Email<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-email m-0\"><span class=\"printfriendly pf-button  pf-alignleft\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\" rel=\"nofollow\" onclick=\"window.print(); return false;\" title=\"Printer Friendly, PDF &amp; Email\"><span id=\"printfriendly-text2\" class=\"pf-button-text\"><i class=\"mdi mdi-printer\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p>House Republican leaders are demanding Democrat-aligned fundraising platform <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/actblue\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ActBlue<\/a> forfeit records related to its &ldquo;fundamentally unserious approach to fraud prevention&rdquo; &mdash; including fraud potentially committed by foreign nationals. The move comes after a <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/04\/02\/report-actblue-likely-lied-to-congress-about-illegal-foreign-donations-its-lawyers-feared-privately\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">bombshell report<\/a> indicated ActBlue likely lied to Congress about the issue.<\/p>\n<p>In their Tuesday <a href=\"https:\/\/cha.house.gov\/_cache\/files\/e\/3\/e3e2281e-6cc7-4b06-b3bc-2282a53ae200\/5F48C4447C86A488F9302639A428FCB53749925D0C89C4EDA76F6EC321D77F4E.2026-04-14-jdj-jc-bs-to-actblue---wallace-jones-re-compliance.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">letter<\/a> to ActBlue CEO Regina Wallace-Jones, House Committee Chairs Bryan Steil (Administration), Jim Jordan (Judiciary), and James Comer (Oversight) demanded the organization hand over all documents and communications related to &ldquo;potential or actual use&rdquo; of ActBlue by foreign nationals to make financial contributions to U.S. political campaigns, as well as records regarding ActBlue&rsquo;s practices to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-speaker-blocks-bill-keeping-foreign-money-out-of-ohio-ballot-measure-campaigns\/\" title=\"GOP Speaker halts ... funding ban for Ohio ballot campaigns\">prevent foreign donations<\/a>. Federal law <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fec.gov\/help-candidates-and-committees\/foreign-nationals\/#:~:text=Federal%20law%20prohibits%20contributions%2C%20donations,donations%20from%20a%20foreign%20national.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">strictly prohibits<\/a> foreign nationals from donating to U.S. election campaigns.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2 d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-1715326611\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1463670073398-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&ldquo;The Committee on House Administration, the Committee on the Judiciary, and the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform &hellip; are charged with upholding fundamental American civil liberties and protecting the integrity of American elections,&rdquo; the letter reads.<\/p>\n<p>The chairmen noted their committees&rsquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/cha.house.gov\/press-releases?ID=DF98CA51-1763-45C4-97F0-A9EE66338631\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">past oversight<\/a> of ActBlue&rsquo;s &ldquo;&lsquo;fundamentally unserious approach to fraud prevention,&rsquo; which allows bad actors &mdash; including foreign nationals &mdash; to <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >make large-scale fraudulent donations<\/a> on Democrats&rsquo; top fundraising platform.&rdquo; They also highlighted a recent New York Times <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/04\/02\/us\/politics\/actblue-democrat-fundraising-foreign-donations.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">report<\/a> on the organization, which they argued &ldquo;strongly suggests that ActBlue deliberately obstructed the Committees&rsquo; investigation, including through misleading statements and noncompliance with our subpoenas.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>As The Federalist&rsquo;s Brianna Lyman <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/04\/02\/report-actblue-likely-lied-to-congress-about-illegal-foreign-donations-its-lawyers-feared-privately\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">described<\/a>, the Times report included communications from ActBlue&rsquo;s former law firm indicating that the fraud-prevention policies &mdash; including those supposedly aimed at preventing foreign donations that Wallace-Jones detailed in her past communications to Congress &ldquo;were not always followed.&rdquo; The outlet cited <strong>memos<\/strong> the law firm sent to ActBlue, which reportedly suggested that &ldquo;donors who used Apple Pay, PayPal or Venmo were not asked to provide their passport information.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The firm &ldquo;warned there was &lsquo;a substantial risk that some of the funds received were impermissible contributions from foreign nationals,&#8217;&rdquo; wrote Lyman, who later noted how the firm&rsquo;s communications to the platform &ldquo;reportedly triggered panic at &lsquo;the highest levels of ActBlue.&#8217;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The committee chairmen argued in their letter to Wallace-Jones that the Times&rsquo; recent reporting also &ldquo;makes clear that ActBlue withheld materials responsive&rdquo; to their committees&rsquo; previous subpoenas requesting information about company resignations, alleged whistleblower, retaliation, and alleged misconduct by its staff. They further contended that they &ldquo;have no basis&rdquo; to assess ActBlue&rsquo;s privilege claims over such information because it &ldquo;also failed to comply with the subpoena&rsquo;s requirement that it produce a log of responsive documents that it deemed privileged.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Given ActBlue&rsquo;s demonstrated history of misleading Congress, there is considerable reason to believe that ActBlue may have deliberately withheld this responsive material to impede our investigation,&rdquo; the letter reads. &ldquo;Therefore, it is imperative that ActBlue promptly produce all materials responsive to the Committees&rsquo; subpoenas &hellip; Absent these steps, the Committees are prepared to use available mechanisms to enforce our subpoenas.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The chairmen demanded that Wallace-Jones produce any and all records from January 2020 onward<strong> <\/strong>&ldquo;referring or relating to the potential or actual use of ActBlue by foreign nationals to make political contributions,&rdquo; as well as those pertaining to the platform&rsquo;s practices and procedures for &ldquo;preventing, deterring, or detecting political contributions by foreign nationals.&rdquo; They have requested that ActBlue comply with their subpoenas and turn over such information no later than 5 p.m. on April 28.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n<div class=\"article-author-description fst-italic\">      Shawn Fleetwood is a staff writer for The Federalist and a graduate of the University of Mary Washington. He is a co-recipient of the 2025 Dao Prize for Excellence in Investigative Journalism. His work has been featured in numerous outlets, including RealClearPolitics and RealClearHealth. 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