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House Speaker Mike Johnson has responded to a report this week which reveals that the far-left Democrat fundraising arm, ActBlue, has admitted they have been accepting foreign gift cards until September.
Below is an excerpt from the report published Tuesday by Just The News.com:
ActBlue, the massive online fund-raising platform for liberal causes, has informed Congress it did not automatically block donations made with foreign-bought gift cards until recently, a potentially significant revelation in an ongoing investigation into whether China, Russia, Iran or Venezuela routed illicit money to Democrat candidates.
House Administratrion Chairman Bryan Steil, R-Wis., whose panel oversees election integrity, told Just the News on Tuesday that ActBlue turned over documents under subpoena showing a major change in September to its donor verification policies designed to protect against illicit money flowing into political campaigns.
ActBlue disclosed that it updated its policies on Sept. 9 to “automatically reject donations that use foreign prepaid/gift cards, domestic gift cards, are from high-risk/sanctioned countries, and have the highest level of risk as determined,” by its solution provider, Sift.
The change occurred just three days after Steil introduced the Secure Handling of Internet Electronic Donations (SHIELD) Act on Sept. 6 to ensure foreign money stayed out of online political fundraising. Before the change, Steil said, donations made with foreign gift cards were not automatically rejected by ActBlue before the change.
“BREAKING: ActBlue was accepting foreign gift cards until September. This is ILLEGAL. The @HouseAdmin Committee will continue this important investigation into ActBlue next Congress. Our work here is just getting started,” House Speaker Mike Johnson wrote.
BREAKING: ActBlue was accepting foreign gift cards until September.
This is ILLEGAL.
The @HouseAdmin Committee will continue this important investigation into ActBlue next Congress.
Our work here is just getting started. https://t.co/ffDc5I7j4H
— Speaker Mike Johnson (@SpeakerJohnson) December 11, 2024
Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) replied, “Federal campaign-finance laws apparently apply only to Republicans. And exist to help Democrats.”
Brent Bozell, founder of Media Research Center, wrote, “This is the kind of illegal Deep State corruption Kash Patel will investigate. It’s why the radicals hate him and we need him at the FBI.”
This is the kind of illegal Deep State corruption Kash Patel will investigate. It’s why the radicals hate him and we need him at the FBI.
— Brent Bozell (@BrentBozell) December 12, 2024
Prominent X user Gunther Eagleman responded to Johnson, “This has been well-known. We have called this out for YEARS while you all just looked the other way and ignored us. What are YOU going to do about it other than hold hearings, send letters, and go on FOX News? The status quo of the 118th Congress can’t continue.”
This has been well-known.
We have called this out for YEARS while you all just looked the other way and ignored us.
What are YOU going to do about it other than hold hearings, send letters, and go on FOX News?
The status quo of the 118th Congress can’t continue.
— Gunther Eagleman™ (@GuntherEagleman) December 11, 2024
“Wow, extremely illegal!” wrote Elon Musk.
Wow, extremely illegal! https://t.co/OzbmHmPIok
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 11, 2024
Breaking: ActBlue Bombshell: Dem fundraising platform tells Congress it didn’t block foreign gift cards until fall https://t.co/YtrqanSQ8V
— Just the News (@JustTheNews) December 10, 2024
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