House Republicans escalated their investigation into ActBlue on 25 June, issuing subpoenas to a current senior workflow specialist and former vice-president of customer service Alyssa Twomey after the two declined requests for voluntary interviews. The witnesses are ordered to appear for depositions on 14 July and 23 July, respectively. The letters, signed by Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan, Oversight Chair James Comer and Administration Chair Bryan Steil, cite internal records indicating ActBlue weakened fraud-prevention standards during the 2024 election cycle. A staff report released in March counted about 1,900 potentially fraudulent donations between September 2022 and November 2024, including 237 contributions made with prepaid cards traced to foreign IP addresses. ActBlue, which says it has routed roughly $16 billion to Democratic campaigns and causes since 2004, called the subpoenas partisan and asked Congress to delay the depositions until the Justice Department finishes its own review. That inquiry was launched under an executive order signed by President Donald Trump on 24 April, directing Attorney General Pam Bondi to deliver findings on alleged "straw" or foreign donations within 180 days. Republican committee leaders contend the concurrent probes can proceed and say the testimony will inform legislation aimed at tightening online fundraising safeguards, such as mandatory credit-card verification and limits on contributions made with foreign or prepaid cards.
We deserve to know who’s coming into our country, especially when 400+ individuals on the Terrorist Watch List have tried to cross our southern border. That’s why @HouseGOP just passed the Special Interest Alien Reporting Act to deliver this needed transparency. https://t.co/7EMkrXc50t
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