Republicans allege ActBlue hid foreign donations and weakened fraud safeguards

Republican members of the House Judiciary and Oversight committees allege that ActBlue, a major Democratic fundraising platform, deliberately weakened its fraud-prevention policies in 2024, facilitating the acceptance of illegal foreign donations. Internal staff reports and memos reportedly reveal instructions to prioritize contributions over strict fraud checks, even when indicators like foreign IP addresses were present.

A letter from ActBlue CEO Regina Wallace-Jones to Committee on House Administration Chairman Bryan Steil is said to describe a passport-number verification that only confirms character count, not validity. The investigation cites examples of supervisors approving donations despite multiple red flags, including mismatched location data. ActBlue maintains it has found no evidence of foreign small-donor impact and has characterized the probe as a partisan attack, with several leaders invoking the Fifth Amendment to avoid testimony. The probe is being led by Bryan Steil, Jim Jordan, and James Comer, while Democrats denounce it as an effort to undermine confidence in elections.