House Republicans demanded that ActBlue turn over international communications on Tuesday, escalating a yearlong inquiry into the Democratic fundraising platform’s donor screening practices.
House Administration Committee Chairman Bryan Steil, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan and House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer sent the letter to Regina Wallace-Jones, saying the committees have spent more than a year examining what they called ActBlue’s “fundamentally unserious approach to fraud prevention.” They also said recent reporting strongly suggested that ActBlue deliberately obstructed the investigation through misleading statements and noncompliance with subpoenas.
The demand is the latest move in a probe that began in 2023, when Republicans raised concerns that foreign donations could influence American elections. In the letter, the lawmakers asked ActBlue to produce a resignation letter from General Counsel Aaron Ting and a message from former legal counsel Zain Ahmad, saying they had already requested those documents but still had not received them.
The push comes after a New York Times report cited a memo from Covington & Burling warning that gaps in ActBlue’s screening armor could present a substantial risk for the organization. That memo did not accuse ActBlue of wrongdoing or show that it accepted international donations, but Republicans are using it to support their claim that there is “considerable reason” to believe the company may have withheld responsive material to impede the inquiry.
The fight now turns on whether ActBlue will produce the records Republicans say they still lack. If it does not, the committees are signaling that the long-running investigation is not closing down anytime soon.
