ActBlue CEO pleads the Fifth in House hearing on alleged foreign donations
Wallace-Jones declined to answer 22 questions as Republicans pressed allegations that ActBlue misled Congress and mishandled foreign-linked donations.
- ActBlue CEO Regina Wallace-Jones repeatedly invoked the Fifth Amendment during a highly tense House Administration Committee hearing on Wednesday, refusing to answer any questions regarding the platform's donation vetting practices.
- The CEO declined to answer questions 21 times over the hour-long hearing, issuing a prepared statement in response to inquiries from House Republicans regarding whether she knew the platform was accepting illegal foreign contributions.
- The investigation centers on a 2023 letter Wallace-Jones sent to Congress, where she assured lawmakers that ActBlue had strict fraud prevention measures requiring passport verification, which internal memos later revealed was inaccurate due to third-party payment bypasses via PayPal and Venmo.
- Wallace-Jones defended her silence in a Washington Post op-ed published ahead of the hearing, calling the GOP-led probe a bad-faith effort intended to harass a political opponent's fundraising mechanism rather than conduct genuine legislative oversight.
- The standoff follows a joint congressional report revealing widespread internal turmoil, which noted that five other current and former ActBlue compliance officials previously invoked their Fifth Amendment rights 146 times during depositions regarding potential donor fraud.
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ActBlue CEO pleads the Fifth in House hearing on alleged foreign donations
ActBlue CEO Regina Wallace-Jones on Wednesday refused to answer questions during her testimony before the House Administration Committee regarding allegations of the organization funneling foreign campaign donations to Democratic candidates in federal elections, asserting her Fifth Amendment right.
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The CEO of ActBlue repeatedly invoked her Fifth Amendment rights against self-incrimination during congressional questioning.
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