Republicans threaten ActBlue CEO with contempt of Congress in fraud probe

Politics House Republicans threaten Democratic fundraising firm ActBlue CEO with contempt of Congress in fraud probe By Gabe Kaminsky Gabe Kaminsky Investigative Reporter Gabe Kaminsky is an investigative reporter for CBS News based in Washington, D.C., covering money and influence in politics. Read Full Bio Gabe Kaminsky April 14, 2026 / 12:00 PM EDT / CBS News Add CBS News on Google House Republicans are threatening to hold the CEO of Democratic fundraising company ActBlue in contempt of Congress as part of an investigation into its allegedly "unserious approach to fraud prevention," CBS News has learned."There is considerable reason to believe that ActBlue may have deliberately withheld" some documents "to impede our investigation," the heads of three House committees — Bryan Steil of Wisconsin, Jim Jordan of Ohio and James Comer of Kentucky — wrote in a letter Tuesday to ActBlue CEO Regina Wallace-Jones. For more than a year, the House Judiciary Committee, Oversight Committee and Administration Committee — which oversees elections — have investigated allegations that ActBlue may have allowed "bad actors to make fraudulent political donations, including from foreign sources." ActBlue plays a critical role in channeling grassroots donations to Democratic candidates for elected office as the leading software company that processes those contributions for their political campaigns. A week ago, the New York Times reported that a law firm working for ActBlue found Wallace-Jones may have misled Congress about its vetting procedures to ensure donations were not unlawfully coming from foreign citizens. Last July, House Republicans subpoenaed ActBlue for documents and communications after a previous report on an exodus of staff from the company.ActBlue said in a statement in early April that Wallace-Jones "never made false statements to Congress" and that the company "remains stable and stronger than ever."A House Republican aide tol...