President Donald Trump signed a presidential memorandum on Thursday, taking aim at the shady world of foreign straw donors in elections. The memo puts the progressive cash cow ActBlue squarely in the crosshairs. Looks like the Democrat Party’s favorite money-laundering machine is finally getting a reality check, lets hope it turns out to be a FA&FO moment. Trump’s directive, orders federal agencies to dig into ActBlue’s antics, and honestly, it’s about time someone called out the crooks running the show over there.
The memo tasks the Justice Department with sniffing out whether ActBlue deserves criminal charges or lawsuits. Why? Because ActBlue, the Dems’ go-to fundraising platform, admitted it skipped basic anti-fraud measures for much of the 2024 election season while raking in hundreds of millions for their campaigns and causes, much of it from sketchy foreign sources. “Federal law (52 U.S.C. 30121 and 30122) strictly prohibits contributions in someone else’s name or from foreign nationals,” the memo states. Yet, ActBlue’s been playing fast and loose, acting like the rules don’t apply to their blue-tinted, libtard empire. Shocker: congressional probes and media reports have uncovered evidence that ActBlue’s been a willing player in laundering shady donations. Who could’ve guessed the Democrat’s would be so sloppy?
Last year, the House Administration, Judiciary, and Oversight committees launched investigations into ActBlue, and oh boy, did they strike gold. They found ActBlue tweaked its donation policies twice during the 2024 cycle to make them “more lenient”, because apparently, fraud’s not a problem if you’re raising cash for the Democrat Party.
Internal documents revealed ActBlue encouraged staff to “look for reasons to accept contributions,” even as they processed donations from foreign sources in Brazil, Colombia, India, Iraq, the Philippines, and Saudi Arabia. And get this: ActBlue didn’t even bother requiring CVV numbers for credit card transactions, practically begging for fraud. Their own assessment admitted this led to “14 to 28 additional fraudulent contributions each month,” with up to 1,900 shady transactions between September 2022 and November 2024. But don’t worry, ActBlue swears it’s not that widespread and they promise to never do it again. Sure.
These fraudulent donations have Congress clutching their pearls, wondering if ActBlue violated the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, which slaps criminal liability on anyone who “knowingly accepts a contribution made by one person in the name of another.” Spoiler alert: foreign nationals dumping cash into U.S. campaigns is also a big no-no under federal law. Yet, ActBlue’s been caught red-handed (or blue-handed?) processing dodgy donations while the Democrat Party looks the other way. Funny how the party of “protecting democracy” seems so cozy with election shenanigans involving foreign oligarchs.
The three House committees aren’t messing around anymore. They’ve escalated their probe, demanding transcribed interviews with four former ActBlue bigwigs: ex-general counsel Darrin Hurwitz, former Assistant Director of Research Natalie Niemeyer, former Chief Revenue Officer Peter Slutsky, and former VP of Customer Service Alyssa Twomey. All four conveniently bailed from ActBlue since February amid whispers of “internal retaliation” and total chaos at the company. Sounds like the rats are fleeing a sinking ship. With ActBlue’s fraud-friendly policies and the Democrat Party’s sticky fingers all over this mess, it’s no wonder Trump’s memo is giving them heartburn. Maybe next time, ActBlue and their crooked pals will think twice before treating campaign finance laws like a suggestion.