I have no doubt that ACTBLUE allowed donations that should not be allowed, but the Republicans have their own issues, just not at the level of the Democrats. Congress needs to do something because people are getting rich off of these donations, and there is no remorse for spending like a drunken sailor at port.
Campaign donations, especially when the amount is large, need to be reviewed rather than simply passed along. We have to get corruption out of donations from both sides of the aisle, and once in Congress, members need to be held to a high standard without question. It is wrong when a person who gets elected with no money spends four years in Congress and leaves as a millionaire. Something is wrong with that picture. All IMO.
“House Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan, House Oversight Chair James Comer and House Administration Chair Bryan Steil vowed Monday to continue their probe into how ActBlue vets foreign donations after a report indicated it may have lied to Congress.
A New York Times report last week found that a law firm for ActBlue warned the company last year that it may have misled Congress in a 2023 letter that claimed it used “multilayered” screenings of contributions to help “root out” donations from overseas, but the law firm found that some steps were not always followed.
The lawmakers said the report supported their finding that ActBlue weakened its fraud protections during the 2024 election and had insufficient measures to protect against foreign donations.
“Our investigation found ActBlue’s internal fraud prevention measures were wholly insufficient for preventing illegal foreign campaign donations,” the chairmen said. “Today’s reporting reconfirms that finding and raises serious questions about whether ActBlue’s CEO intentionally misled Congress at the onset of this investigation.
“We will continue our investigation and keep all options on the table as we seek the truth,” they added.”