House Republicans are doubling down on their investigation into ActBlue after explosive internal memos revealed the Democrat fundraising giant allegedly approved foreign donations despite multiple red flags — and then misled Congress about it.
“Our investigation into ActBlue is far from over. We expect more documents and testimony in the weeks ahead,” House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer told Fox News Digital.
ActBlue is the massive left-wing fundraising platform used by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, and the Democratic leaders of the House and Senate. Republicans have long accused the company of running lax verification standards for donors — something ActBlue claims it improved once the GOP probe began.
But newly-released House GOP findings appear to tell a different story.
Internal ActBlue memos show supervisors approving donations from donors with Hong Kong IP addresses, Canadian billing info, and foreign passport numbers that were never actually verified.
One memo obtained by investigators called a donation a “great accept,” while noting: “Donor sometimes has an IP in Hong Kong, but none of their other signals raise any eyebrows.”
Another communication shows an ActBlue supervisor arguing a denied contribution “should have been accepted.” The memo continued: “It is a foreign contribution, but the name/email match, the IP/billing match, a full address with the correct country code, and there were previously accepted and successful contributions.”
The supervisor added: “The donor uses an Arkansas state code, which isn’t great, but [the] system can be wonky with requiring state codes for foreign donors.”
Yet another memo acknowledged a donor using a Missouri billing address had “all signs point to this person being from Canada” — but ActBlue still verified the donor’s identity using X (formerly Twitter) rather than government records.
The GOP report also alleged that ActBlue CEO Regina Wallace-Jones misled Congress in a letter to House Administration Chairman Bryan Steil. Wallace-Jones claimed donations from people with addresses outside the U.S. required a passport number for verification.
But Republicans say the verification “only ensures that the entered passport number contains a certain number of characters, not that it is a valid U.S. passport number” — rendering it essentially meaningless.
“ActBlue’s own admissions raise serious questions about its fraud prevention practices, including a so-called passport verification process that did not actually verify or check entries against any government database,” Steil told Fox News Digital. “All options are on the table to ensure we get to the bottom of what is going on at ActBlue.”
A spokesperson for House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan confirmed the panel “will continue aggressive oversight of ActBlue, including additional depositions.”
All three GOP-led committees — Oversight, Judiciary, and House Administration — have been investigating the left-wing fundraising giant. But getting answers has been difficult: all 10 ActBlue employees and board members who appeared for closed-door depositions invoked the Fifth Amendment to avoid answering questions.
That includes co-founder Matt DeBergalis. ActBlue CEO Regina Wallace-Jones similarly pleaded the Fifth during a public hearing.
House Republicans’ campaign arm is now demanding Democrats return donations made through ActBlue.
“House Democrats cannot claim ignorance while continuing to rely on a fundraising platform facing serious allegations. The [National Republican Congressional Committee] officially calls on every House Democrat to cut ties with ActBlue and return any illegal contributions funneled to their campaigns through the platform,” spokesman Mike Marinella said.
But ActBlue has no plans to return any donations. The company dismissed the GOP findings as a “political stunt.”
“There’s nothing to see here,” ActBlue said in a statement. “This coordinated campaign against ActBlue isn’t about the facts, or legislating, it’s about Republicans’ efforts to silence organizations they believe threaten their agenda.”
An email from ActBlue employees obtained by investigators shows they believe the company to be “the target of bad-faith political attacks at the hands of ill-intentioned operators.”
ActBlue also previously told the committee “there is no evidence that foreign donations through online or small-dollar contributions are a problem in U.S. elections.”
Comer made clear the investigation is just beginning. “Whether it’s allowing fraudsters to steal taxpayer dollars or accepting illegal foreign donations through ActBlue, Democrats have proven themselves to be the party of fraud,” the Kentucky Republican said.
