Members of Congress are discussing whether they’ll use their power of subpoena to compel testimony from officials, and former officials, of ActBlue.
That’s a massive online fundraising scheme used by Democrats in recent years to raise billions of dollars.
One problem is that there have been accusations that some of the money has come in, illegally, from overseas sources. Further, there have been complaints of single donors, sometimes seniors on fixed incomes, donating thousands of times over the course of a year adding up to hundreds of thousands of dollars in donations, suggesting it operates as a money laundering scheme.
A report from Just the News now explains that three committee chiefs are threatening to issue subpoenas after officials for ActBlue refused to testify voluntarily in the congressional investigation that is started.
The publication said it obtained evidence that the witnesses “initially agreed to voluntary, transcribed interviews,” but then suddenly that backed out.
That happened when President Donald Trump asked the Department of Justice to investigate them, the report said.
House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, House Oversight Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., and House Administration Chairman Bryan Steil, R-Wis., confirmed in the report the problem.
“As we have explained, the Committees are examining allegations that ActBlue, a leading political fundraising organization, allowed bad actors, including foreign actors, to exploit the company’s online platform to make fraudulent political donations,” the three wrote to witnesses.
That could end up being “criminal conduct,” they said.
The flip-flops, the report said, involved former chief revenue officer Peter Slutsky.
A lawyer representing him first said an interview was possible, then “changed course.”
Similar suggestions appear in letters to nearly all the witnesses who got letters, the report said.
“The relevant precedent is clear that the mere existence of state or federal law enforcement investigations has no bearing on Congress’s oversight power,” the committee chiefs explained. “As such, an Executive Branch investigation into matters related to oversight by the Committees is not a legitimate basis on which you may decline our request.”
The committees allowed the witnesses until May 29 to schedule an appearance, or be faced with a subpoena.
The same members of Congress had raised their concerns when Joe Biden still was in the White House, pointing out that there were concerns that “U.S. adversaries may have donated through the platform.”
There was no response.
At the time, they demanded access to “Suspicious Activity Reports” related to money passing through ActBlue.
Steil also has pushing for the Secure Handling of Internet Electronic Donations (SHIELD) Act to set bars to foreign money being injected into American politics.
ActBlue has denied any wrongdoing.
WND previously reported that a congressional committee already has written to U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi explaining that its investigation shows that the security measures used by ActBlue are weak.
Earlier, Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., the chief of the House Oversight Committee, explained, “We’re investigating ActBlue the same way we investigated the Bidens. … We’re starting with the suspicious activity reports — bank violations that flag financial crimes. And let me tell you, the evidence is overwhelming.”
JUST IN: President Trump will be signing an order today cracking down on Democrats’ ActBlue, per Politico
GREAT! ActBlue is nothing more than a MONEY LAUNDERING platform the Dems use to commit widespread fraud.
There are countless cases of donations being made in other… pic.twitter.com/BDzyVAQBVA
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) April 24, 2025
ACTBLUE BUSTED: DONATIONS MADE IN MY NAME—TO KANSAS?!
This is criminal identity theft, plain and simple.
How did ActBlue get my name, attach it to donations I never made, and funnel cash to candidates in Kansas—a place I’ve never even been?
The records don’t lie: this… https://t.co/IsdIztlw7B pic.twitter.com/4Nfdoj6oKj
— Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) April 24, 2025
Several attorneys general from states also have begun investigating.
BREAKING: Rep. James Comer and the FBI to bring CRIMINAL CHARGES against those behind ActBlue, The Largest Money Laundering Scheme in U.S. history:
“We are going forward with our investigation. Their lawyers are leaving… This will be the end of the Democratic Party.” pic.twitter.com/6OOXyGjyr4
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) March 13, 2025
LEFT: James O’Keefe exposed Democrats using thousands of addresses to launder fake political donations through ActBlue
RIGHT: Democrat Jasmine Crockett received a $16,000 donation from a 67 year old retired couple with no income. They didn’t make the donation
MONEY LAUNDERING pic.twitter.com/vtPt9b0z5D
— Wall Street Apes (@WallStreetApes) March 13, 2025
