In a coordinated effort, three key House committees issued a subpoena to ActBlue, a major Democratic fundraising organization, on Tuesday. The move comes after accusations that the platform may have processed “fraudulent or illegal” contributions supporting progressive candidates.
The committees’ correspondence to ActBlue explained the action, stating, “Given reports that online donation portals facilitating political contributions have handled improper funds from both U.S. and international origins, the Committees are performing oversight to guide possible legislative changes.
“To advance our review and reform initiatives, the Committees sought records and exchanges concerning internal wrongdoing and reprisals against whistleblowers at ActBlue on April 2, 2025. While ActBlue began supplying materials willingly, it has now ceased collaborating with the Committees. As a result, the Committee on House Administration is compelled to use mandatory procedures to secure the needed information.”
The subpoena is spearheaded by Rep. Bryan Steil (R-Wis.), who chairs the Committee on House Administration; Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.), head of the House Oversight Committee; and Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), leading the House Judiciary Committee.
According to the letter, ActBlue initially engaged with the committees during April and May but suddenly shifted its stance in June.
“ActBlue failed to offer a valid legal justification for ending future involvement with the Committees, opting instead for unfounded and false claims regarding the Committees’ intentions,” the representatives noted.
The joint probe into ActBlue dates back to 2023, when concerns first surfaced about the platform’s practices. Initially, Steil highlighted ActBlue’s lack of requirement for CVV codes on credit card transactions, which he argued compromised donor privacy. That policy has been updated, and ActBlue now mandates CVV verification.
The investigation has since broadened to examine potential acceptance of funds from overseas entities.
Just last month, the committees summoned current and former ActBlue staff for closed-door interviews. They had also previously subpoenaed the organization itself in October 2024.
This latest subpoena directed at ActBlue and its CEO, Regina Wallace-Jones, marks a further intensification of the inquiry.
In a prior response to Fox News from late 2024, an ActBlue representative criticized Steil for spreading “falsehoods and distortions about our system,” emphasizing, “We prioritize donor protection and enforce robust anti-fraud measures. Fraud is not tolerated on our platform.”
The recent subpoena document charged ActBlue with fabricating stories about the committees’ alleged improper alignment with the Department of Justice in the investigation, while providing inadequate reasons for withdrawing cooperation.
“ActBlue claims the Committees are conducting oversight for an inappropriate goal of gathering facts for a Department of Justice probe. This claim is incorrect,” the lawmakers asserted.
“As previously outlined, the Committees hold a legislative stake in safeguarding federal election integrity and protecting core freedoms by ensuring donation platforms resist exploitation by malicious parties, including those from abroad.”
ActBlue has until August 12 to submit the requested documents. Efforts to obtain a statement from ActBlue were unsuccessful at the time of publication.
Oh, so who got arrested besides NOBODY, right?
very few in there that people even trust.
but yes, we are still at ZERO DEEP STATE ARRESTS.
4.5 YEARS later.
There’s no safer place for a Democrat criminal than in front of a Republican congressional committee
Probe started in 2023… let that sink in. We are now over half way through 2025. What a bunch of worthless piece of chit Repubicans. Absolutely pathetic losers. These pieces of garbage need to lose their seats starting with the do-nothing losers Rep. Bryan Steil (R-Wis.), who chairs the Committee on House Administration; Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.), head of the House Oversight Committee; and Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), leading the House Judiciary Committee. Absolutely PATHETIC!!!!!
Jim Jordan was involved in looking the other way when one of the biggest college sex abuse scandals hit the news. He was the assistant wrestling coach. Won’t go into detail you can research but Jordan knew the team physician was molesting male athletes. EVERYONE knew. The story started to leak out about his involvement and he immediately lied and stated he knew nothing about it. The doctor was showering with the students after games. EVERYONE ON CAMPUS KNEW. The coach had already publicly stated he knew so he was caught in a lie. His next move was trying to get the coach to influence the students speaking out to change their story and say he didn’t know about it. This happened. Yet the liberal media dropped the bombshell story that could cost him his seat. Funny how they manufacture phony stories but sit on real ones isn’t it. Almost as funny as Jim Jordan not being able to find any dirt on Hunter Biden while every day facebook is removing posts of him having sex and doing drugs with underage girls.
The republicans are corrupt. Jordan is and has been compromised. You could write an entire book on how Johnson has spent the last 4 years working tirelessly to push the democrat agenda through.
The people in this country are brain dead. They keep waiting for other people to fight their battles while they wage their armchair warfare by whining about it on social media continuing to wallow in denial while re-electing the same garbage that allowed us to get to this point.
We truly have a one party system. The issues and struggles between the sides is nothing but staged theater for our enjoyment and keep us apathetic while they all work to destroy this nation right from underneath us.
more distractions from the do nothing republicans. its going nowhere