Bottom Line: ActBlue lobbies up on online donation overhaul bill
election Democratic Party Online Fundraising Platform act blue hired Covington & Burling LLP Lobbying on issues related to how to safely handle Internet electronic donations. This is a House bill that would prohibit political campaigns and committees from accepting debit or credit card donations without an associated card verification value (CVV) and billing address, and […]
Dem fundraiser ActBlue stole GOP strategist’s identity to make donations: lawsuit
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 […]
ActBlue Faces Investigation of ‘Potential Fraud’ Related to Donations
The Democratic National Committee's donor platform, ActBlue, is facing an investigation by Republican members of the House Oversight Committee over “potential fraud” related to donations to candidates' campaigns. in letter In a letter to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, Republicans Reps. James Comer (R-Ky.), Nick Langworthy (R-N.Y.), Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) and Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Georgia) wrote […]
ActBlue donor arrested for allegedly threatening to torture and slaughter 6 Supreme Court justices
On July 13th, an Act Blue donor shot President Donald Trump. ActBlue Donor There was an alleged attempt to assassinate him on Sunday. An Alaska man arrested Wednesday for allegedly threatening to torture and kill six U.S. Supreme Court justices and several of their families has also been identified as an ActBlue donor. Over 80 […]
House Committee Calls On Five States To Probe ‘Potential Criminal Activity’ Involving ActBlue Donations
Republican Rep. Brian Steele of Wisconsin on Wednesday called on five states to open investigations into “potential criminal activity” by ActBlue, a popular Democratic fundraising platform. Steele, chairman of the House Administration Committee, said five character The letters were addressed to Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, Arkansas Attorney General Tim […]
House GOP demands FEC probe ‘potentially illegal’ ActBlue fundraising as Dem platform hauls Harris millions
First appeared on FOX — In a letter on Thursday, New York Rep. Claudia Tenney called on the Federal Election Commission (FEC) to investigate recent allegations of “fraudulent, deceptive and potentially illegal conduct” by ActBlue, a Democratic fundraising platform that has funneled millions of dollars to Vice President Harris’ presidential campaign and its affiliates. Tenney, […]
GOP requests new donor verification rules amid allegedly fraudulent donations to Democrats’ ActBlue
House Administration Committee Chairman Brian Steele (R-Wis.) sent a letter to the Federal Election Commission on Monday urging it to impose new rules to prevent donation fraud. New York Post report. The request comes amid allegations that ActBlue Charities, a Democratic fundraising platform, received at least hundreds of thousands of dollars in fraudulent donations, raising […]
‘Serious loophole’: GOP widens probe into ActBlue, Dem fundraising platform helping Harris raise millions
First appeared on FOX: A key House committee is expanding its investigation into ActBlue, a major Democratic fundraising platform. Rep. Brian Steil (R-Wis.), chairman of the House Administration Committee, is investigating ActBlue amid accusations that it circumvents campaign finance laws and allows rampant fraud on the site. In a letter to Federal Election Commission (FEC) […]
Democrats’ ActBlue accused of massive money-laundering scheme over potentially fraudulent donations
Political action committee ActBlue Charities Inc. is accused of a massive money laundering scheme that includes a long list of allegedly fraudulent donations, according to multiple independent reports. Parker Thayer, a research fellow at the Capital Research Center, a think tank, said: X It shows tens of thousands of donations allegedly sent by a single […]
ActBlue rakes in nearly $50 million in 7 hours after Harris campaign launch
Correction: A total of $47 million was donated to all of Harris’ campaigns through ActBlue within seven hours of her launching her campaign on Sunday. An earlier version of this story contained incorrect information. The Democratic fundraising platform said Sunday that small donors had given about $47 million through ActBlue within seven hours of Vice […]