President Donald Trump is once again about to deliver a crippling blow to crooked left-wing politicians by taking a big shot at ActBlue, which is their big online donation platform. The president plans to sign a presidential memorandum on Thursday that will help crack down on foreign contributions affecting American elections.
The memorandum was revealed by an individual who is familiar with the policy, but wished to remain anonymous in order to chat about details that have not yet been made public.
According to the individual, Attorney General Pam Bondi and her office are believed to be involved with the crackdown; however, what mechanism she would use in order to carry out the memorandum was not made known as of this writing. The order will set its sights specifically on ActBlue.
Many Republicans have stated over the years that the online donation platform could be used by foreign actors to gain influence over our elections. Democrats have fired back, saying that all of the hoopla is just Trump targeting political opponents without any legitimate reason.
That’s rich coming from the political party that utilized the American justice system to take our current president out of the picture while he was running for the White House in 2024. I don’t think Democrats have a leg to stand on when accusing anyone else of being involved in the assault of political opponents.
“Democrats had been bracing in recent days for potential action from the White House against the platform, casting it as an unwarranted attack on their fundraising efforts. In an email to Democrats on Wednesday referring to a potential coming action from the White House targeting the platform, ActBlue CEO Regina Wallace-Jones wrote, ‘Nothing will deter or interrupt ActBlue’s mission and work to enable millions of Americans to participate in our democracy. There is an ongoing and persistent effort to weaken the confidence of the American people in what’s possible. This is the next version of ‘the big lie,'” Politioc stated in a new report.
The article said that ActBlue told the publication, “ActBlue plays a vital role in enabling all Americans to participate in our democracy and the organization strictly abides by all federal and state laws governing its activities. We will always stand steadfast in defending the rights of all Americans to participate in our democracy and ActBlue will continue its mission undeterred and uninterrupted, providing a safe, secure fundraising platform for the millions of grassroots donors who rely on us.”
Wisconsin Republican Rep. Bryan Steil, who serves as the Chairman of the House Committee on Administration, crafted a letter to ActBlue last October, requesting documents and information concerning how the platform verifies donors, suggesting that it doesn’t have sufficient protections to prevent foreign donations.
Foreign nationals and governments are forbidden by federal law to give any contributions, donations, expenditures, or disbursements directly for any election in the United States, whether federal, state, or local.
In December, Steil announced the documents turned over by ActBlue showed that the company had implemented new policies 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.” At the time, Steil called it a “positive step forward” but said there “is still more work to be done.”
“In a December press release concerning the issue, ActBlue said that its ‘robust security program and strict fraud prevention measures help us rigorously protect donors’ information, root out potentially unlawful foreign contributions, protect donors from financial fraud, and flag potentially unlawful or fraudulent activity,'” the article concluded.
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