# House GOP Report: ActBlue Let Foreign Donations Slide By

- URL: https://twotakes.us/stories/house-gop-report-actblue-let-foreign-donations-slide-by
- Published: 2026-09-18T13:04:12.412556+00:00
- Topics: actblue, campaign-finance, election-fraud, congress, democratic-party

## What the left says
- ActBlue disputes the report's central claims, calling it a politically motivated attack timed for election-cycle impact rather than a genuine fraud-prevention concern.
- ActBlue points to a third-party forensic analysis it says undermines the Republican committees' key allegations, suggesting the report relies on selectively presented internal messages.
- Fraud-prevention systems inevitably require human judgment calls, and flagging a donation for review does not mean every flagged transaction is actually fraudulent or foreign.
- Republican-led committees have spent years investigating ActBlue, a platform that powers Democratic fundraising nationwide, raising questions about whether the probe is aimed at weakening a key Democratic campaign infrastructure ahead of the midterms.

## What the right says
- Internal ActBlue messages show supervisors overriding fraud-prevention staff and instructing them to give donors 'the benefit of the doubt' even when foreign IP addresses or invalid state codes raised red flags.
- ActBlue's passport verification system reportedly checked only whether a number matched the correct character length rather than verifying it was a real, valid passport number.
- ActBlue's own board chairman reportedly told Congress that 38 million 2024 contributions showed signs of foreign origin, and CEO Regina Wallace-Jones invoked the Fifth Amendment when questioned about fraud controls.
- Republican lawmakers argue the platform's lax verification and alleged cover-up could expose ActBlue to serious legal jeopardy and warrant Justice Department intervention.

## Common ground
- Three House committees—Judiciary, Administration, and Oversight—jointly released the interim staff report on ActBlue's fraud-prevention practices.
- The report includes internal ActBlue messages and communications between supervisors and fraud-prevention staff regarding flagged donations.
- ActBlue has faced congressional scrutiny over its fraud-prevention practices since 2023, including a prior hearing where executives invoked the Fifth Amendment.
- Protecting U.S. elections from illegal foreign campaign contributions is a shared goal, regardless of how each side interprets ActBlue's specific practices.

## Sources
- [Daily Wire](https://www.dailywire.com/news/how-dem-fundraising-giant-let-illegal-foreign-donations-slip-by) (Right)
- [AllSides](https://www.allsides.com/news/2026-09-18-0700/2026-midterm-elections-explosive-judiciary-committee-report-accuses-actblue-major-fraudulent-donation-cover) (Center)
- [AllSides](https://www.allsides.com/news/2026-09-18-0700/2026-midterm-elections-investigation-actblue-got-foreign-cash-then-punished-whistleblower) (Center)
- [Breitbart](https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/09/17/kiggans-campaign-lurias-actblue-ties-funneled-illegal-cash-to-democrats/) (Right)
- [Just The News](https://justthenews.com/government/congress/jordan-suggests-actblue-legal-jeopardy-after-latest-report-companys-fraud?utm_source=justthenews.com&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=external-news-aggregators) (Right)
- [RealClearPolitics](https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2026/09/17/house_report_drops_screenshots_of_actblues_internal_messages_711359.html) (Center)
- [The Federalist](https://thefederalist.com/2026/09/18/new-records-suggest-act-blue-opened-the-door-wide-to-foreign-donors/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=new-records-suggest-act-blue-opened-the-door-wide-to-foreign-donors) (Right)

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