Republicans in Congress, including House Oversight and Administration committee chairmen, and Elon Musk are scrutinizing ActBlue, a major Democratic fundraising platform. They are urging investigations into ActBlue's financial activities, alleging potential links to terrorism, campaign finance violations, and funding of protests.
ActBlue denies wrongdoing, stating that such attacks are designed to undermine small-dollar donors. They assert their commitment to facilitating political giving.
ActBlue has faced internal challenges including staff departures and criticism for insufficient donor protection. Some Democrats fear the Republican scrutiny may be a prelude to shutting down the platform.
Republicans are demanding access to suspicious activity reports (SARs) from the Treasury Department and are citing concerns about ActBlue's fraud prevention measures, including past lack of CVV requirements (since addressed). Multiple GOP lawmakers are involved in these efforts.
Democrats are using the attacks on ActBlue as a fundraising opportunity, framing the GOP scrutiny as an attack on small-dollar donors and urging contributions to counter the efforts.