House Committee Demands Testimony From Dem Fundraising Arm ActBlue Over Suspicious Donations

The House Committee on Administration has requested that Regina Wallace-Jones, chief executive officer of ActBlue, the appear for testimony at a public hearing surrounding controversial donations made to the group.

In a letter penned by Chairman Bryan Steil (R-WI), the committee invited Wallace-Jones to testify on May 19. The committee, working in conjunction with the House Judiciary Committee and the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, is examining ActBlue’s donor-verification policies, procedures, and fraud-prevention measures.

ActBlue operates as the primary online fundraising platform for Democratic candidates and committees, processing small-dollar contributions from individual donors across the country. The committees’ investigation, which began in October 2023, centers on whether the platform’s practices comply with federal campaign finance laws that prohibit contributions from foreign nationals and straw donors, which refers to individuals making contributions in the name of another person.

The committees have stated that the testimony is needed to assess potential legislative reforms aimed at strengthening safeguards for online political donations.

The request follows the April 20, release of a joint interim staff report titled “Fraud on ActBlue, Part II: Illicit Foreign Donations and a Cover-up Spur Mass Resignations and Firings on ActBlue’s Legal and Compliance Team.”

The report details internal changes at ActBlue after the 2024 presidential election, including the departure of senior legal and compliance personnel and the firing of the general counsel. It also notes that current and former ActBlue employees invoked their Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination more than 146 times during five depositions conducted between July and December 2025.

All three committees have described these developments, along with prior responses to congressional inquiries, as raising questions about the accuracy of information provided to lawmakers and the effectiveness of fraud-prevention efforts.

A first interim report, released in April 2025, examined ActBlue’s fraud-prevention rules and found that the platform had adjusted certain standards during the 2024 election cycle. It documented instances in which the platform identified donations originating from foreign IP addresses using prepaid cards.

Earlier this month, a follow-up report cited internal communications from ActBlue’s outside counsel indicating that the organization may not have fully disclosed the extent of its passport verification practices for donations processed through third-party services such as Apple Pay and Venmo. The committees subsequently issued additional document requests, setting a compliance deadline of April 28, 2026

The broader inquiry has included subpoenas issued since last July in coordination with a separate Justice Department review initiated by presidential memorandum in April 2025.

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