{"id":2670606,"date":"2026-09-26T09:25:59","date_gmt":"2026-09-26T13:25:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/investigation-actblue-got-foreign-cash-then-punished-whistleblower\/"},"modified":"2026-09-26T09:28:32","modified_gmt":"2026-09-26T13:28:32","slug":"investigation-actblue-got-foreign-cash-then-punished-whistleblower","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/investigation-actblue-got-foreign-cash-then-punished-whistleblower\/","title":{"rendered":"Investigation: ActBlue Got Foreign Cash Then Punished Whistleblower"},"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\">16<\/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%2Finvestigation-actblue-got-foreign-cash-then-punished-whistleblower%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=2670606&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 congressional report has exposed concerns about ActBlue, a major Democratic fundraising platform, alleging that it may have facilitated illegal foreign money laundering into U.S. elections. the report claims that ActBlue&#8217;s verification processes are lax, allowing foreign donors to bypass safeguards by providing fake passport numbers and by not properly verifying foreign contributions. Internal records suggest that staff frequently enough accepted risky donations, including those from donors using foreign IP addresses, and some staff were instructed to give donors the benefit of the doubt. <\/p>\n<p>ActBlue has dismissed the findings as politically motivated attacks by Republicans aiming to damage the Democratic Party ahead of elections. The investigation was launched after reports indicated the platform did not require card verification values (CVV) for donations, raising concerns over potential misuse for foreign influence. <\/p>\n<p>Despite contesting some findings, ActBlue&#8217;s own legal checks reveal that verified passport numbers were rarely cross-checked against government databases. The company has undergone internal turmoil, with key staff and legal teams departing amid allegations of retaliation, and has as brought in new legal counsel to review its procedures.<\/p>\n<p>the report highlights vulnerabilities in ActBlue&#8217;s donation verification system, raising questions about the extent of foreign involvement in U.S. political fundraising through the platform.  <\/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\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>A new congressional report pulls back the curtain on the Democratic fundraising behemoth ActBlue, revealing the company may have recklessly laundered foreign money into American elections.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">ActBlue CEO Regina Wallace-Jones may have perjured herself when she told Congress the platform is secure.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">When attorneys voiced concerns that the company may have broken the law, Wallace-Jones and others in ActBlue leadership simply retaliated against them, alleges the Wednesday interim staff <a class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__link\" href=\"https:\/\/cha.house.gov\/_cache\/files\/a\/5\/a51b7f42-929b-49b8-a534-eb1da7dcd8d0\/3881D468EE4DF3048AA6BF83341E7814F49A2FD9DBCC5F6472B9E889816191CA.final-actblue-staff-report-iii-exhibits.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a> from the House Administration Committee, House Judiciary Committee and House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">A running tally on the ActBlue <a class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.actblue.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">website<\/a> shows the liberal money machine has raised nearly $20 billion as of Thursday. How much of that <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >enormous tranche originated abroad remains<\/a> a complete mystery, the latest evidence suggests.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">Foreign actors could easily bypass the company\u2019s loophole-laden verification process, the committees allege.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">When an ActBlue contributor lists an address outside of the U.S., a popup window asks for a passport number. But donors need not have a valid passport, the committee\u2019s investigation reveals, because a foreign donor can simply come up with a random number with the correct number of digits.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">Over the summer, the committee received a log of internal reviews of risky donations for a two-year period, 2022 through 2024. ActBlue supervisors instructed employees to accept contributions from a donor with a Hong Kong IP address and another donor with \u201ca few foreign IPs\u201d because \u201cthey are all consistently in the same place,\u201d the internal records show.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">ActBlue supervisors sometimes instructed fraud prevention analysts to \u201cgive the donor the benefit of the doubt\u201d and accept every donation, no matter how risky, the committee says. <b><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">Whether donors using Apple Pay, PayPal or Venmo had to supply a passport number at all is not clear.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">In a statement, ActBlue characterized the report as a Republican witch hunt meant to hurt the Democratic Party before the midterm elections.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">\u201cThere\u2019s nothing to see here,\u201d ActBlue said in a statement to the Daily Caller News Foundation. \u201cAfter we released findings of a <a class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.actblue.com\/posts\/new-analysis-debunks-gop-attacks-on-actblue\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">third-party forensic analysis<\/a> that completely undermined a central claim that they have made against ActBlue, Republicans are refusing to move on. Instead, they are orchestrating another political stunt before rushing out of town weeks early to go campaign.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis coordinated campaign against ActBlue isn\u2019t about the facts, or legislating, it\u2019s about Republicans\u2019 efforts to silence organizations they believe threaten their agenda,\u201d a spokesperson for the platform added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">The House Administration Committee <a class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__link\" href=\"https:\/\/cha.house.gov\/actblue-investigation-timeline\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">launched its investigation<\/a> in October 2023 following reports that ActBlue does not ask that a donor to the platform supply a\u00a0card verification value (CVV). The committee first flagged that the platform could be utilized as a conduit for foreign money laundering in October 2024.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">By February 2025, the company faced an internal revolt, internal Slack messages obtained by congressional investigators reveal. Following the departure of most of the company\u2019s legal team, its last remaining in-house attorney said that he faced illegal retaliation. ActBlue Director of IT Hanna Bonin simply deleted his messages.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">At the time, ActBlue had also retained white-shoe law firm Covington &#038; Burling. But the platform terminated the firm the very next month \u2014 March 2025 \u2014 after its outside counsel too expressed concerns about lawbreaking.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">When<a class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/04\/02\/us\/politics\/actblue-democrat-fundraising-foreign-donations.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> the New York Times<\/a> published an investigation into the tumult this April, ActBlue once again went on the warpath against its own attorneys, accusing Covington &#038; Burling of \u201ccounsel that bordered on malpractice.\u201d The law firm forcefully denied the accusation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">In June, the committee compelled Wallace-Jones to testify. She stonewalled, repeatedly invoking her Fifth Amendment rights.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">The company has lately retained new counsel with the law firm WilmerHale, which conducted its own analysis of ActBlue\u2019s donor verification process that ActBlue says exculpates the company. WilmerHale attorneys briefed the committee Friday, The Washington Post <a class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2026\/09\/16\/actblue-democratic-fundraising-machine-under-gop-investigation-is-fighting-back\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">A letter prepared by the firm to the committee describes foreign donations as \u201cvanishingly rare,\u201d saying that in 2023 ActBlue collected a passport number at the time of contribution for 93% of foreign-address contribution dollars.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">The report does not appear to dispute the committee\u2019s claim that passport numbers were never actually checked against a government database.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">In a <a class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.presidency.ucsb.edu\/documents\/executive-order-14250-addressing-risks-from-wilmerhale\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">March 2025 executive order<\/a>, the Trump White House sought to cut off the firm from federal contracts and jobs, alleging the firm engages in a racially discriminatory diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policy and pro bono liberal advocacy. The firm hired the late FBI Director Robert S. Mueller, the special prosecutor on the Russiagate investigation, in addition to two of Mueller\u2019s aides.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">Central to former attorneys\u2019 concerns about perjury is a <a class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__link\" href=\"https:\/\/cha.house.gov\/_cache\/files\/4\/5\/453a1689-6471-4632-8874-2ea5018820a7\/FEE0032E48BFF011537DA5927F7E9298.response-to-house-admin-committee-11-27-23.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2023 letter that Wallace-Jones<\/a> addressed to the committee. It claimed that ActBlue has a multilayered and rigorous process that \u201croots out\u201d potential foreign contributions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">\u201cOnly donations with passport information are processed,\u201d the letter reads.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">The committee later discovered through subpoenaed records that the only validation of these numbers was ensuring they had the correct number of digits.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">Covington &#038; Burling had flagged that the steps described in the letter for vetting foreign donations were not always followed, the Times<a class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/04\/02\/us\/politics\/actblue-democrat-fundraising-foreign-donations.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"disclaimer\">\n<p>All content created by the Daily Caller News Foundation, an independent and nonpartisan newswire service, is available without charge to any legitimate news publisher that can provide a large audience. 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