House GOP Chairs Demand ActBlue Turn Over Internal Memos on Alleged Foreign-Donation Screening Gaps
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House Republican committee chairs Bryan Steil, Jim Jordan and James Comer have sent a new joint letter demanding internal ActBlue documents as part of a fraud-prevention probe, specifically pressing for former general counsel Aaron Ting's resignation letter and a message from former legal counsel Zain Ahmad that Republicans say is tied to a whistleblower complaint. The letter cites an internal Covington & Burling memo warning of "a substantial risk for ActBlue" because of gaps in its foreign-donation screening and alleges the platform may have "deliberately withheld" responsive material and misled Congress about its fraud-prevention capabilities. ActBlue's CEO Regina Wallace-Jones had provided written assurances to Congress in November 2023 that the nonprofit uses "multilayered" checks, technological tools and manual reviews to detect foreign contributions; Republicans say the newly demanded documents go to whether those practices were followed and whether liabilities were created by any shortcomings.