Republicans subpoena Democratic fundraising platform ActBlue

House Republicans this week issued a subpoena to Democratic fundraising platform ActBlue as part of an ongoing effort to obtain more information about some questionable transactions and the platform’s process for vetting its donors.

In a letter to ActBlue CEO Regina Wallace-Jones, House Administration Committee Chairman Brian Steil, R-Wis., asked the platform to provide more information about its process and donor screening policies by Nov. 6, the day after this year’s general meeting. elections.

He said the subpoena is an attempt to “protect our country’s elections” and “close loopholes in our campaign finance system,” including contributions from donors whose identities were not as rigorously verified.

The request, sent just days before the presidential election, comes as Republicans have raised growing concerns about ActBlue’s security policies and donor verification processes, which the platform has addressed in recent months with some policy changes.

ActBlue said in a statement Thursday that it had received the request from Steil and “will respond to ongoing inaccuracies and misrepresentations about our platform as we have previously done.”

“We strictly protect donor safety and adhere to strict anti-fraud regulations. We do not tolerate fraud on our platform,” they added.

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Until recently, the platform did not require online donors to provide their credit card verification value (CVV) when making online donations, prompting criticism from House Republicans including Steil, who noted that the lack of verification could lead to “potentially fraudulent and illegal financial activities.” “at the expense of foreign donors.

“We cannot allow foreign actors to influence our elections through campaign finance. The committee’s investigation found that foreign actors could take advantage of ActBlue’s inadequate security protocols,” Steil said in his letter.

To date, there is no evidence or record that such activity has occurred. ActBlue, for its part, has changed its process and now requires donors to provide a CVV number. People familiar with the process say the practice began to expand last year.

The subpoena request follows a New York Post report this week that the Treasury Department had identified “hundreds of transaction records” made on the app that were flagged by banks as potentially suspicious. The department is currently reviewing these records.

House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., said this week that his office is “working closely with the Treasury Department” to “promptly obtain materials.”

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Steil and the rest of the House Administration Committee are also working to get more information from ActBlue about donations collected in previous months.

On Wednesday, Steil sent a letter to the platform asking for information about its donor verification policies and potential vulnerabilities on the platform.

In September, he also introduced legislation requiring policy committees and donor platforms like ActBlue to adopt stricter vetting processes.

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The legislation would also prohibit accepting donations from prepaid gift cards and would adopt a bipartisan recommendation from the Federal Election Commission to prohibit individuals from “knowingly aiding or abetting anyone” who makes a donation on behalf of another person.

The bill passed the committee by voice vote and has not yet been brought to a full vote.

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