Dems’ dirty donation platform shows they don’t give a damn about clean elections
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Dems’ dirty donation platform shows they don’t give a damn about clean elections
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Last week exposed the utter hypocrisy of Democrats who scream about “free and fair elections” and demand that we get dark money out of politics.
Specifically, the House Administration Committee shined a spotlight on the Dems’ major fund-raising platform, ActBlue, and its apparent efforts to end-run the federal laws that Dems insist are all about “clean campaigns.”
The Justice Department is investigating ActBlue’s role in the use of straw donors to launder illegal giving; a larger federal probe is looking into the platform’s alleged efforts to help funnel illegal foreign donations to Democratic candidates.
ActBlue CEO Regina Wallace-Jones appeared Wednesday to answer questions about how her company abetted illegal donations — only to repeatedly plead the Fifth.
A terrible look, but probably wise, since she gave false testimony to the same committee in 2023.
ActBlue’s record is filthy: For years, it failed to follow basic security procedures (like requiring 3-digit CVV numbers on credit cards), leading its own internal anti-fraud team to sound the alarm — leaving huge loopholes for, in the company’s own........
