Republicans Accuse ActBlue of Covering Up 22 Fraud Campaigns and Foreign Donations
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Updated · Fox News · Sep 16
Republicans Accuse ActBlue of Covering Up 22 Fraud Campaigns and Foreign Donations
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Sep 16
Summary
House Republicans said a new investigative update found ActBlue weakened fraud controls at least twice in 2024 despite internal warnings that the changes would increase fraudulent contributions.
The report says the platform had already detected at least 22 significant fraud campaigns, including several tied to foreign sources, yet trained staff to "look for reasons to accept contributions."
Republicans also allege ActBlue misled Congress about donor verification, saying its claimed passport check for overseas addresses only validated character length, not whether a U.S. passport number was real.
Internal messages cited in the report appear to show supervisors approving donations despite red flags such as Hong Kong IP addresses or explicitly foreign contributions, though Fox said the excerpts were not independently verified.
ActBlue has denied wrongdoing, its lawyers earlier presented investigators with evidence of proper vetting, and Democrats have cast the GOP probe as an attempt to undermine confidence in U.S. elections.