What Happens If Allegations of Fraud, Money Laundering Against ActBlue Are Proven?
“And if ActBlue goes down—if people go to prison—if there are frog marches for ActBlue executives—the Democrat Party is finished.”
Allegations of fraud and money laundering are swirling around ActBlue, the major digital fundraising platform for the Democratic Party and progressive causes. Already the subject of state-level probes, the group’s practices are now under investigation by House Republicans.
Reports last week that at least seven senior officials had departed the organization, along with claims from a remaining lawyer that he faced internal retaliation, have only heightened GOP lawmakers’ scrutiny of ActBlue’s activities.
During a Thursday interview with independent journalist Benny Johnson, Rep. James Comer (R-KY), Chairman of the House Oversight Committee, revealed that the Treasury Department has received hundreds of suspicious activity reports (SARs) from banks regarding ActBlue’s transactions. Comer stated that his committee is “investigating ActBlue the same way we investigated the Bidens. We’re starting with the suspicious activity reports—bank violations that flag financial crimes. And let me tell you, the evidence is overwhelming.”
Comer first requested the SARs last summer, but all of his requests before the election were met with silence from then-Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen.
Following the election, Yellen allowed “a few of [his] staffers” to review the SARs. Comer noted there were “several hundred suspicious activity reports from various banks. We got to look at 12 of them. I can tell you, they were bad. They were exactly what we suspected.”
“We requested to see more, but they cut us off,” he added.
The election obviously changed everything. Comer told Johnson that his investigators will be examining all of the records next week. “But from what we’ve already seen—from media reports and the few bank violations we’ve reviewed—many of our worst theories regarding ActBlue are going to be confirmed.”
“That’s why so many people are hitting the exits at ActBlue right now,” Comer explained.
Johnson noted that he’s watched “ActBlue operate for decades, and I’ve never seen anything like this. Everyone’s leaving. The entire leadership is gone. The lawyers are fleeing.”
Comer suggested that ActBlue’s alleged activities have been enabled by media collusion and government inaction. He claimed that just as the legacy media coordinated narratives to shield the Biden family during the House investigation, they are now working to protect ActBlue.
“They fed them exactly what to say, exactly what to print. The headlines would come out whenever we were about to do a deposition [during the Biden investigation]. And lo and behold, from The New York Times to MSNBC, they would all have the exact same talking points. Word for word,” Comer said.
He cited the identical media reports from last summer about the Harris campaign’s spectacular fundraising results, which he sees as collusion. The media, Comer said, was trying to make people believe, “Oh, my gosh! Every Democrat in the United States is sitting at home, making numerous $100 donations to Kamala Harris and all the Democrats running in the purple seats across America!”
“When the media all comes out at the same time, pushing the same talking points—that’s collusion.”
He criticized the media’s portrayal of ActBlue’s fundraising success, suggesting that the notion of millions of small-dollar donations from everyday Democrats is an illusion designed to mask financial misconduct.
Johnson shared the previously reported story of an 80-year-old woman from Richmond, Virginia, who allegedly made over 22,000 donations, totaling nearly $800,000, despite living in a rent-controlled apartment and relying on income from Social Security.
These are the types of scenarios Comer expects to find when his staffers comb through the Treasury Department’s collection of SARs triggered by ActBlue transactions next week.
Comer further suggested that ActBlue’s system was deliberately designed to facilitate fraud, referencing Sen. Marco Rubio’s past concerns about the platform not requiring credit card verification (CCV) codes (the 3-digit security code on the back of every credit card]. He implied that this loophole made it easier for foreign entities, possibly from China or Iran, to funnel money into U.S. elections through ActBlue.
According to Comer, “If they [ActBlue] were innocent, they’d be going on TV, trashing me. They’d be calling me a conspiracy theorist. … But they’re not saying anything. … Their lawyers are leaving. And when the lawyers leave, that’s a pretty good sign that something bad is going on.”
Johnson asked Comer if he was alleging that “this is the largest money-laundering scam in the history of American politics.”
Comer replied, “Well, it could be. But I will tell you—it doesn’t make sense.”
He continued, “And if ActBlue goes down—if people go to prison—if there are frog marches for ActBlue executives—the Democrat Party is finished.”
“They’ll have to rebuild from the ashes. If ActBlue collapses, the Democrats have no party left,” Johnson said.
To which Comer replied, “Exactly. ActBlue is their financial lifeline. Without it, it’s over.”
BREAKING: Rep. James Comer and the FBI to bring CRIMINAL CHARGES against those behind ActBlue, The Largest Money Laundering Scheme in U.S. history:
"We are going forward with our investigation. Their lawyers are leaving… This will be the end of the Democratic Party." pic.twitter.com/6OOXyGjyr4
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) March 13, 2025
On Thursday, Fox News reported that Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ) sent a letter to FBI Director Kash Patel “strongly urging” the bureau to open an investigation into ActBlue. Biggs is alarmed by recent media reports of the organization’s alleged money laundering activities and by the recent findings of his GOP colleagues.
ICYMI: Today I requested that @FBIDirectorKash launch an investigation into ActBlue.
Director Patel is the one to root out corruption.
More from @AndyMarkMiller:
https://t.co/fW9swXFYl6 pic.twitter.com/6L1h1vPWsW
— Rep Andy Biggs (@RepAndyBiggsAZ) March 14, 2025
In a Sunday morning post on X, Elon Musk blamed the on-going series of attacks on Tesla dealerships on five ActBlue-funded groups: Troublemakers, Disruption Project, Rise & Resist, Indivisible Project and Democratic Socialists of America.
He also named George Soros, Reid Hoffman, Herbert Sandler, Patricia Bauman, and Leah Hunt-Hendrix as ActBlue funders.
An investigation has found 5 ActBlue-funded groups responsible for Tesla “protests”: Troublemakers, Disruption Project, Rise & Resist, Indivisible Project and Democratic Socialists of America.
ActBlue funders include George Soros, Reid Hoffman, Herbert Sandler, Patricia Bauman,…
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 8, 2025
Most of us probably agree with the following post from @DC_Draino:
All I know is that when the very unpopular Kamala overthrew Biden and raised more ActBlue donations in a single day than Trump did after he got indicted and shot, I knew they were money laundering
— DC_Draino (@DC_Draino) March 8, 2025
Elizabeth writes commentary for The Washington Examiner. She is an academy fellow at The Heritage Foundation and a member of the Editorial Board at The Sixteenth Council, a London think tank. Please follow Elizabeth on X or LinkedIn.
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nothing will happen … people will make speeches
pearls will be clutched … the courts and the Dems
are in bed with each other … some theater but that is
all ….
Sad, but true.
“Comer stated that his committee is ‘investigating ActBlue the same way we investigated the Bidens. We’re starting with the suspicious activity reports—bank violations that flag financial crimes. And let me tell you, the evidence is overwhelming.'”
Lather, rinse, repeat. Nothing has happened with the investigations of the Biden’s, either, and nothing is going to happen. While the majority of them have been pardoned, Joe himself has not, but it looks like nothing is going to happen even for him.
Maybe so, but they didn’t investigate the Bidens because they were running the show, at least in the titular sense. The worm has now turned, so we’ll see.
The courts and the Dems are irrelevant, as our illustrious AG will fiddle f*#k around and talk the talk, but fail to walk the walk,…Jeff Sessions in a skirt!!!
I know that’s the saying, but shouldn’t it really be “walk the talk”?
So far, “Jeff Sessions in a skirt” looks like what we got.
Ah. The voice of surrender.
Has anything ever resulted from any Republican led committee investigation?
Is the Biden “impeachment inquiry” still ongoing?
A stiff letter of reprimand will go in the guilty parties permanent file.
I’ll believe when I see it.
Potemkin village brought to life as a fundraising arm of the d/prog. Between cutting off Gov’t grant funds to leftist groups and ActBlue seemingly collapsing the financial infrastructure of the left is in bad shape.
i am not willing to give up. If they start prosecutions there will be plenty of people willing to spill their guts in an attempt to get a deal. There is a lot more Dem criminal activity.
” “And if ActBlue goes down—if people go to prison—if there are frog marches for ActBlue executives—the Democrat Party is finished.”
This is why the rats are fleeing.
Those rats will flee to Europe long before any indictments can come down. They will be long gone.
Revert to English traditions in law from centuries ago.
Arrest the worst violator have a brief trial then a public event to hang, draw and quarter.
Until anyone is indicted and perped walked it’s all for show. Kash, Pam, Tulsi the spotlight is on you. Foreign influence is Homeland Security, money laundering and funding of domestic terrorists is for Pam and Kash. Start gathering those 301’s Kash. Serve subpoenas Pam to all who left as well as the minions who will flip. This is way worse than a suitcase full of money from Howard Hughes to the election committee for Richard Nixon.
Comer is like a kid claiming to have seen the ogre under his bed. He has fallen in love with the microphone and is a blowhard. How many times has he been on TV telling us the sky is falling? I’ll believe him when I see results. The dirty deeds of Actblue have been known for many years but nothing was done about It.
Yes, because the people who could do something about it were profiting from the fraud. That’s changed.
But keep counseling despair.
This description of Comer is RIDICULOUS. He has been on the mark in what he says, despite the fact that Biden & Co. and the DOJ did all they could to hide the ball. What was he supposed to do? So why parrot the ones that pretended he was as you describe?
I’m sure you understand that the Senate can’t do anything about any kind of crime except reveal it. Prosecution isn’t in their wheelhouse.
Two magic words:
– Conspiracy
– RICO
Even when corruption is found the swamp digs in and the process gets drawn out to the point its forgotten about.
Unfortunately, Comer’s SOP has been to overpromise and underdeliver.
Damn, are we really this demoralized? Like dogs who’ve been beaten and now jump at every shadow, the comments here are filled with “Yeah, well nuthin’ will happen.” This is the first time we’ve EVER had people in one of our admins actually willing to go after the foundation of Democrat power, and damned near everyone has just given up.
Maybe you’re all right. I don’t know. Maybe there’s nothing to be done, maybe the courts will stop everything that the Trump admin tries to do. But could we at least give them a chance? Because damn it, Comer is right, and Trump’s whole strategy is to strike at the base of the Democrats.
Yep winning is hard but you will never win if you aren’t willing to try.
The Dems have controlled Congress, the courts and the bureaucracy since FDR.
It is going to take more than a couple of months to overturn almost a century of leftist domination and corruption.
Praise the lord and pass the ammunition.
Some people just prefer to be losers. They’re used to it, it’s safer, they don’t have to think about new ideas.
Fortunately it’s now Trump’s turn to go shopping for a friendly judge. Act Blue’s operations crossed into all 50 states, probably making it possible to file the charges in a more conservative federal district and not in D.C..
if this is a true pro american revolution against the left
then leftist will go to prison if guilty
Dream on!
If they have credible evidence of fraud( doubtful) they should be investigated . Simple. They are not above the law.
There has been credible evidence of ActBlue committing fraud for years. People living on a fixed income donating tens of thousands of dollars, in small amounts — and when asked, saying they only made a single donation. There are many examples of it happening.
Old News. Obama did this in his first campaign. It was widely reported. Nobody cared because Obama won.
Nobody cared because nothing could be done about illegal Dem campaign contributions while Obama was POTUS. Even Trump was hamstrung by useless RINOs in his first administration. But he’s wised up. Considerably. Going after USAID was a genius first stroke. Now it’s time to go for the jugular. Trump, hopefully, has only been warming up.
Are you that ignorant about this story that you have no view other than a simple platitude? Wasn’t ActBlue also affiliated with BLM? Usually, you are so “informed” as to be absolute. But it seems your cult is immune, even as its misdeeds, hypocrisy and sheer lunacy is evident.
He needs to listen to Clinton talk about border security and illegal immigration in his second inaugural address. He sounded just like Trump. That was mainstream thought not long ago. It’s not the conservatives who have jumped the shark, nor are they expressing “extreme” ideology. It only seems extreme when you’re on the far left, which is now somewhere near the edge of the solar system.
Guess you missed the part of hundreds of suspicious activity reports being sent to Treasury. Janet Yellen didn’t sit on these because they were comfortable, she sat on them because they’re the smoke. There’s a fire somewhere. Musk’s AI is probably up to the task of tracking the donations.
To see the rule of law restored would be a beautiful thing.
“They are not above the law.”
Stop using a phrase that your butt-buddy Biden has battered into hypocritical grits.
91 felony indictments. guilty on 34. Yet I still have listen to the orange Harvey Weinstein make one buffoonish statement after another. A complete shit show.. SMH
Yeah yeah I know….lawfare….blah blah blah…..deep state …..blah blah blah .An all the rest of the boogerpick MAGA slogans. You support a lying
dirtbag. Deal with that.
Cult talk. Must be a load of fun when the cult meets.
I’ll do a Snoopy happy dance.
Wow, that’s truly explosive if true. And in this case, it sure seems like one of those smoke and fire situations, doesn’t it?
I recall back in the 1990s, when Clinton’s campaign was accused of getting money from James Riady. It was true; I was acquainted with people who were in the room. That one is peanuts compared to what they’re talking about Act Blue.
What, and the entire leadership of Act Blue just resigned? Calling Captain Obvious on line 1! If this disappears under the waves, then we will know that the entire system is truly rotted out. As cynical as I get, I have been reluctant to think we’re that far gone. Now we will find out.
By the way, where is all that info on Epstein that we were promised?
By the way, if it’s true it won’t kill the Democrats. They’ll lose a leg and maybe an arm for a while, but like your average salamander they will grow new limbs.
Every Dem fundraising plea I saw in 2024 was for ActBlue. Every. Single. One. I don’t think the individual pols have online fundraising channels anymore, they’ve become so dependent on ActBlue.
Now, I’ve heard there are some similar reports about the Republican equivalent, WinRed. They need to be examined, too, with as much care.
I believe older Republican payment processors, such as Anedot, still exist. Some state and local candidates still use them.
Why? Investigating a legal operation just because a similar operation has been run by criminals for years is not the way it works. Are there SARs on WinRed? Do they seem to indicate a pattern of criminal activity? If not, there’s no cause to investigate. I’ve never heard diddly concerning illegal activity by WinRed. Have you?
I haven’t heard allegations of criminal activity about WinRed, but I’ve heard about plenty of RINO activity. I’m 98% sure WinRed enforces a “donation sharing” model on all the candidates who use it… and the RNC requires candidates to use it. You send your stalwart MAGA representative a donation, and Mitt Romney gets some of that money. I have asked several MAGA candidates if they maintained a donation channel OTHER than WinRed because I wanted my ENTIRE donation to go to them, and not a one of them has ever responded. And when you realize that is in (non)response to an offer to send money, you will smell the fish as I do.
“They’ll have to rebuild from the ashes. If ActBlue collapses, the Democrats have no party left,” Johnson said.
Nah. If ActBlue collapses, or is even starting to collapse, they will liquidate it immediately, have a massive shredding party and bonfire over a weekend leaving nothing but bare walls and empty leased space, dump all their office furniture at Goodwill, the principals most at risk will sell their houses, auction off their Rembrandts in a weekend moving sale, and flee the country before indictments can come down, and they will all be partying in the South of France along with all the NGO CEOs who did the same thing.
Then the Democratic party will stand up a brand spanking new payment processor, and will disavow any knowledge of ActBlue.
A potentially very positive development, but I’m not holding my breath. It will be months at the absolute minimum before we see trials and — fingers crossed — convictions.
Item 1, there will be multiple 501s to replace Act Blue even as we speak.
Item 2, going back to the example, if the security code is missing, the widow isn’t charged, but the politician still gets paid. Who paid? The intermediary bank that did pay needs to be on the hook, with where the money actually came from. Then prosecute the bank employees and the money provider.
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