ActBlue, the Democratic fundraising platform that raised millions of dollars for Kamala Harris, bomb extortion lawsuit A Wisconsin Republican strategist claims his identity was stolen to make at least 385 fraudulent donations to left-wing causes, including the Harris Victory Fund.
Mark Bullock, former chief of staff to 2012 Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain, said a total of $884.38 given in his name and without his knowledge between May and October circumvented federal election laws. They claim it may be part of a large-scale fraud involving dozens of people. Thousands of unwitting donors.
All individual donations were less than $200 and did not have to be reported to the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
Block describes the plan as “smurfing.” This is a form of money laundering that allows large campaign contributions to be broken up into smaller amounts to disguise the true donor and circumvent contribution limits.
He claims ActBlue's donations amount to “racketeering” under Wisconsin law and is seeking a temporary restraining order barring further donations in his name.
Bullock said he found ActBlue donation receipts in old Kaine campaign email accounts, including 35 for Kamala Harris and one for an LGBTQ campaign. said.
The Republican-led House Administration Committee is already investigating allegations that donations in the names of unknown donors like Mr. Bullock are laundered by ActBlue through gift cards, prepaid credit cards and other means.
The commission's experts used AI to analyze more than 200 million FEC records over the past 14 years and found hundreds of $2.50 donations from the same individual, far more than the donor could afford to pay. We identified suspicious trends such as large amounts of donations and unusually frequent donations. From older people and people posting for the first time.
Bullock's lawsuit is expected to be the first of several to be filed in several states related to the investigation.
“Given [Block’s conservative] “Due to his political leanings, he never agreed to make any financial contributions to the ActBlue campaign,” his lawsuit filed in Waukesha County, Wisconsin court states.
Black did not “make any contributions to, approve of, or consent to the ActBlue campaign.”
According to Just the News first reported the lawsuit.One of the ActBlue email receipts Block discovered was for a $7.50 donation in June to Equality PAC, the political arm of the liberal-leaning Congressional LGBTQ Equality Caucus.
Approximately 234 donations to various left-wing causes were set to repeat weekly, 86 were one-time donations, and 65 were recurring monthly donations. The average donation amount was just $3.24.
“While these small fraudulent donations may seem ineffective, this pattern can exploit loopholes in federal reporting requirements,” Bullock's lawsuit states. “Act Blue's donations appear to be part of a larger pattern of suspicious activity.”
The defendant in the case is an unidentified donor named “John Doe,” whose donation was made using an American Express card linked to an address in Santa Monica, California.
“By making these fraudulent contributions, John Doe participated in the operation of ActBlue's specific business model, which is to make small donor campaign contributions to Democratic campaigns and organizations to advance leftist agendas. The offer was to provide money… Defendant John Doe used it as follows.” [Block’s] Personally identifying information to benefit ActBlue campaigns and circumvent federal requirements prohibiting the use of another person's name for political contributions. ”
House Administration Committee Chairman Brian Still (R-Wis.) last month issued a review of the findings regarding “possible criminal activity” to states such as Arkansas, Florida, Missouri, Texas and Virginia, calling for further investigation. filed with the Republican Attorney General.
