ActBlue CEO faces June 10 grilling after fundraising powerhouse allegedly misled Congress on foreign donations

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! FIRST ON FOX: The embattled head of a Democratic fundraising behemoth is headed for a congressional grilling next month over allegations of fraudulent donations on its platform. ActBlue’s CEO Regina Wallace-Jones will testify in a public hearing before the House Administration Committee on June 10, a committee … Read more

ActBlue scrutiny fuels new GOP bills to tighten election donation rules

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! FIRST ON FOX: House Administration Committee Chairman Bryan Steil, R-Wis., introduced a legislative package on Monday designed to improve transparency and security in campaign finance as a major Democratic payment processor faces scrutiny over foreign donations. Steil’s package includes two bills: The Campaign Finance Transparency Act and … Read more

ActBlue sues Texas AG Ken Paxton, alleging political retaliation over Democrats’ fundraising

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Democratic fundraising platform ActBlue is suing Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, accusing the Republican of using his office for “retaliation” to punish the group for its political work and asking a federal judge to block his investigations and litigation against the organization. “ActBlue is trying to take … Read more

Key House committee schedules hearing with embattled ActBlue CEO: ‘Needs to come clean’

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The House Administration Committee is scheduling a hearing in May to question ActBlue CEO Regina Wallace-Jones about allegations of lax security on the Democratic fundraising platform, which the committee says could have allowed illegal foreign donations to flow to candidates.  The invitation comes after the Administration, Judiciary … Read more

Texas AG Paxton sues Dem fundraising platform ActBlue, alleging ‘fraudulent and foreign donations’

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit Monday against Democrat fundraising platform ActBlue, accusing them of misleading donors about safeguards meant to block fraudulent and foreign political contributions. “BREAKING: I just filed a landmark lawsuit against ActBlue for deceiving Americans by lying about its donation processes … Read more

House Republicans threaten Democratic fundraising firm ActBlue CEO with contempt of Congress in fraud probe

House Republicans are threatening to hold the CEO of Democratic fundraising company ActBlue in contempt of Congress as part of an investigation into its allegedly “unserious approach to fraud prevention,” CBS News has learned. “There is considerable reason to believe that ActBlue may have deliberately withheld” some documents “to impede our investigation,” the heads of … Read more

Dem fundraising giant ActBlue rocked by allegations it misled Congress about foreign donations

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! 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 to left-wing candidates and … Read more