House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) and House Administration Committee Chairman Brian Still (R-Wis.) have filed a lawsuit against ActBlue, a major Democratic fundraising platform, and its third parties. , demanded that it reveal whether it raised money from foreigners in recent elections. Cycle, Breitbart News has learned exclusively.
According to federal election law, it is illegal to raise money directly or indirectly from foreign nationals.
In a letter to the platform's third-party entities, ActBlue and Shift, Jordan said the organizations had “poor anti-fraud practices and, as a result, fraud, including from foreign sources. “It is possible that fraudulent political donations were made possible by bad actors.”
Mr Jordan asked organizations to produce “all documentation and communications” related to their fundraising efforts.
Mr Jordan explained the evidence for the supervision request as follows:
For example, CHA recently conducted a data analysis of Federal Election Commission records and uncovered suspicious transactions conducted using ActBlue. These include large donations that exceed the amount a designated donor can pay, “uncharacteristic donations from registered voters suddenly going to opposition candidates,'' and “feeble donors, such as elderly or first-time donors,'' Donations from people in positions of power are being made with “unusual frequency.” Similarly, the Treasury Department confirms that it is investigating “hundreds” of potentially fraudulent ActBlue transactions identified in suspicious activity reports from major banks, in response to an investigation by the Oversight and Reform Commission. did.
ActBlue's previous privacy policy, which expired on August 19, 2024, indicates that ActBlue employed Sift as a “third-party vendor” for “fraud detection and prevention services.” However, ActBlue's notoriously weak fraud protections opened the door for these questionable and potentially criminal donations to occur. There is evidence that foreign nationals may have exploited ActBlue's poor security measures to make small fraudulent donations to Democratic campaigns using the names and addresses of unsuspecting American citizens. Adversaries such as China, Russia, Iran, and Venezuela may have exploited this vulnerability.
It appears that ActBlue's “fraud detection and prevention services” were likely unable to prevent fraudulent transactions occurring on the platform. Because these bad actors may have exploited the lax security measures provided to ActBlue by Sift, the committee should investigate the potential criminal and national security implications.
Jordan gave organizations until Dec. 23, 2024, to comply with his demands.
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