House Republicans Threaten to Hold ActBlue in Contempt of Congress Over Alleged Foreign Donation Cover-Up and Withheld Documents

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ActBlue CEO Regina Wallace-Jones testifies before the House Administration Committee – June 10, 2026House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH), House Administration Committee Chairman Bryan Steil (R-WI), and House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) have put ActBlue on formal notice: Turn over the documents or face contempt of Congress.In a letter to ActBlue CEO Regina Wallace-Jones, the three Republican chairmen accused the Democrats’ top fundraising platform of obstructing a year-long congressional investigation into its “fundamentally unserious approach to fraud prevention.”ActBlue has been stonewalling subpoenas, hiding evidence, and protecting itself after revelations that it accepted illegal foreign donations, misled Congress, and retaliated against the very employee who tried to blow the whistle.On July 22, 2025, after ActBlue suspended voluntary cooperation, the Committees issued subpoenas for all documents and communications related to whistleblowers, retaliation, actual or alleged misconduct by ActBlue staff, and the mass resignations/firings on its legal and compliance team.ActBlue claimed in October 2025 that it had produced “all non-privileged documents with responsive, relevant information.”Then came the bombshell.On April 2, 2026, the New York Times reported that ActBlue had accepted foreign donations and that CEO Wallace-Jones had made misstatements to Congress. The story quoted directly from documents ActBlue never produced to the Committees — including former Interim General Counsel Aaron Ting’s resignation letter and an internal message from former Legal Counsel Zain Ahmad alleging he was retaliated against for blowing the whistle on internal misconduct.As The Gateway Pundit reported on April 20, 2026, these documents contain evidence that ActBlue accepted illegal foreign donations, misrepresented its fraud-prevention practices to Congress, and then went after the employee who spoke up. The House Judiciary GOP put it bluntly at the time:“Add it all up, and the story is simple: ActBlue accepted illegal foreign donations, misrepresented its fraud-prevention practices to Congress, and withheld documents responsive to the Committees’ subpoenas. All three of those are federal crimes.”On April 14, 2026, the Committees demanded full compliance. On June 5, ActBlue finally produced a privilege log — but it covered 422 documents, including the Ting resignation letter and Ahmad’s message. ActBlue refused to turn them over, claiming attorney-client privilege over the entire universe of materials.The June 18 letter from Chairmen Jordan, Steil, and Comer destroys ActBlue’s privilege assertions:Aaron Ting’s resignation letter was written to terminate his employment and raise concerns about ActBlue’s past practices screening foreign political donations and its representations to Congress. It was not created for the purpose of obtaining or providing legal advice.Zain Ahmad’s internal message was a claim of retaliation against ActBlue for blowing the whistle on misconduct. Again, not attorney-client privileged legal advice.ActBlue’s broader claim of privilege over “documents circulated among non-lawyers containing or reflecting… information from an attorney” is equally bogus. Courts have repeatedly held that the mere fact an attorney touched a document does not make it privileged.The chairmen called it implausible that all 422 documents on the log are “entirely privileged.” They warned that ActBlue appears to be using expansive privilege claims as a shield to hide the full scope and duration of its misconduct.The Committees rejected ActBlue’s privilege claims over Ting’s letter, Ahmad’s message, and the non-lawyer documents that have not been produced. They gave ActBlue until June 26, 2026 to comply.“These documents are essential to the Committees’ legislative efforts to protect American elections from fraudulent contributions and foreign interference. The Committees remain prepared to enforce our subpoenas through all available mechanisms.”This latest escalation comes just eight days after ActBlue CEO Regina Wallace-Jones invoked her Fifth Amendment right more than 20 times during a June 10 House Administration Committee hearing on preventing fraudulent donations — refusing to answer questions about misleading Congress on foreign donation vetting and the mass exodus of the legal and compliance team.NEW: Chairmen @Jim_Jordan, @RepBryanSteil, and @RepJamesComer threaten ActBlue with contempt of Congress.ActBlue has refused to produce all documents required by the Committees’ subpoenas.We still need answers on their scheme to take illegal donations from foreign sources… pic.twitter.com/OAMsudVtYP— House Judiciary GOP (@JudiciaryGOP) June 22, 2026The post House Republicans Threaten to Hold ActBlue in Contempt of Congress Over Alleged Foreign Donation Cover-Up and Withheld Documents appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.