US EditionActBlue May Have Misled Congress on Foreign Donations
Covington & Burling said ActBlue’s 2023 letter could misstate its donation checks and create criminal risk if prosecutors saw a cover-up.
- On Thursday, the New York Times reported that Covington & Burling, ActBlue's former law firm, warned the Democratic payment processor its 2023 letter to Congress regarding foreign donation vetting may have been misleading.
- Rep. Bryan Steil and other Republicans previously raised concerns about foreign donations, prompting ActBlue CEO Regina Wallace-Jones to send a 2023 letter claiming the firm used "multilayered" vetting processes.
- Memos from Covington later stated ActBlue's procedures created "a substantial risk that some of the funds received were impermissible contributions," noting the firm did not always require verification for third-party apps like PayPal or Apple Pay.
- ActBlue subsequently parted ways with Covington, while Wallace-Jones told the Times her 2023 letter was "accurate in the context in which it was written," even as House committees continue their investigation.
- Democrats fear this organizational upheaval could hamper fundraising efforts ahead of the 2026 midterms, as the Justice Department maintains an ongoing investigation into ActBlue's donation handling practices.
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Report: ActBlue Likely Lied to Congress on Foreign Donors
ActBlue told Congress in 2023 that it took "multilayered" steps to "root out" illegal donations from foreign citizens. But it turns out "some of the steps ... described were not always followed," according to a new report from The New York Times (NYT).
NYT: Democrats’ ActBlue May Have Misled Congress on Donor Vetting Process
by Amy Furr, Breitbart: The Democrat fundraising machine, ActBlue, was reportedly warned by a law firm working for the platform in early 2025 that it possibly misled congressional leaders regarding its vetting of foreign donations, according to the New York Times. The newspaper on Thursday noted its article was based on internal legal memos, emails, resignation letters, […]
Dem fundraising giant ActBlue rocked by allegations it misled Congress about foreign donations
ActBlue, a central piece of the Democratic Party's fundraising infrastructure, potentially misled Congress when it said it was adequately vetting incoming donations, according to a new report released this week. The head of ActBlue, a major nonprofit fundraising platform that helps steer donations…
ActBlue CEO may have ‘intentionally misled Congress’ about foreign donations to Dems: GOP
Republicans blasted a top Democratic fundraising official on Thursday after an explosive report indicated she misled them about ActBlue's safeguards against foreign donations illegally being funneled into US elections.
ActBlue’s own lawyers sounded alarms over illegal foreign contributions * WorldNetDaily * by Anthony Iafrate, Daily Caller News Foundation
Source link Leading Democratic fundraising platform ActBlue is “all but declaring war” on a law firm it fired last year that raised alarms over the group potentially concealing foreign donations from Congress, the New York Times revealed Thursday. The firm, Covington & Burling, sent a pair of “startling” memos in early 2025 warning that ActBlue
'Substantial risk': ActBlue's own lawyers sounded alarms over illegal foreign contributions * WorldNetDaily * by Anthony Iafrate, Daily Caller News Foundation
A prosecutor could see evidence 'not just as a false statement but as an effort to conceal' illegal money
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