House Republicans Step Up Scrutiny of Democratic Fund-Raising Giant

Three Republican-led House committees investigating the Democratic fund-raising platform ActBlue are increasing their pressure on the organization, sending a letter demanding documents that the committees say ActBlue improperly withheld from a subpoena request.

The letter, sent on Tuesday to Regina Wallace-Jones, the ActBlue chief executive, follows reporting this month in The New York Times that revealed new details and documents at the center of an explosive episode in early 2025 that led to turmoil at the organization. The article detailed how lawyers for ActBlue warned the organization that it might have misled Congress in a 2023 letter explaining its vetting of donations from other countries. Almost all donations from foreign citizens are illegal in federal races.

The new letter from congressional Republicans states that the Times article suggested that ActBlue had obstructed the committees’ investigations, “including through misleading statements and noncompliance with our subpoenas.”

The letter was signed by Representatives Bryan Steil of Wisconsin, the House Administration Committee chairman; Jim Jordan of Ohio, the House Judiciary Committee chairman; and James R. Comer of Kentucky, the House Oversight Committee chairman.



https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/14/us/politics/actblue-republicans-foreign-donations.html