He House of Representatives Committee which oversees the integrity of elections, demanded this Monday that the ActBlue, Democratic online fundraising platformto reveal to Congress how it verifies the identities of donors before accepting money. Fears that Iran, China, Russia and Venezuela will pump funds into Kamala Harris’ campaignposing as American citizens. By law, foreigners cannot make campaign donations. ActBlue is a PAC (political action committee) which raises money for Democrats through small online donations. He raised $1.5 billion for Democratic politicians from about seven million people. Instead, a disproportionate amount was paid to the vice president. In the first days of his campaign alone, donors gave him $200 million through the platform.
“Our research indicated that these actors Maybe they make donations. »wrote House Administration Committee Chairman Bryan Steil in a letter to ActBlue CEO Regina Wallace-Jones, warning her that his committee would soon send him a subpoena.
Steil, R-Wis., has raised concerns about the fundraising platform’s security practices. ActBlue does not require donors to verify the credit card by providing the CVV number associated with the credit or debit card. Identity theft and money laundering protection key.
Two months ago, Steil’s committee conducted a computer analysis of hundreds of thousands of small donations made through ActBlue to Democratic candidates. The results aroused suspicion. Donations came from cards supposedly associated with addresses in low-income areas.
These findings led Steil to forward the evidence to attorneys general in five states for possible criminal or civil investigation, depending on consumer fraud laws. In a few weeks, these investigations spread to 19 states. Earlier this month, a Wisconsin Republican consultant filed a lawsuit in Waukesha County Circuit Court alleging that his identity and an old campaign email were used to make hundreds of donations without his permission using a California credit card.
In the 1990s, the Democratic Party was embroiled in the Chinagate scandal, which revealed that businessmen with ties to China had donated millions to Democrats. to help Bill Clinton in his 1996 re-election campaign. Dozens of them were convicted and some were imprisoned.
