We May Have A Bombshell On The Way…

We may have a bombshell scandal on the way folks!

That’s not my words, that’s President Trump’s words at a recent Rally where he talked about a scandal so big among the Democrat party that even if the Media doesn’t want to cover it, they’ll be forced to cover it!

Take a look here and then I’ll give you more details:

We may have a bombshell on the way…

All the Irregular Act Blue Donations that we’ve been talking about the last two years, Trump brought a man on stage to talk about it…

He said a team of Attorney Generals from Several States have been looking into it.. and we may get some… pic.twitter.com/0mLaxaGMu5

— DailyNoah.com (@DailyNoahNews) October 7, 2024

Backup video here if needed:

There are currently 19 Republican state attorneys general who have initiated a criminal investigation into ActBlue over alleged cases of money laundering, according to posts on X.

Texas AG Ken Paxton provided this update:

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🔴 New: Texas’s Ongoing Investigation Into ActBlue Yields Cooperation On Donor Credit Card Identification

In December 2023, we opened an investigation into the major fundraising platform ActBlue to determine whether their operations are compliant with all applicable laws.

ActBlue has cooperated with our ongoing investigation. They have changed their requirements to now include ‘CVV’ codes for donations on their platform. This is a critical change that can help prevent fraudulent donations.

But it is most important that we enforce the law and protect the integrity of our elections.

Certain features of campaign finance law may incentivize bad actors to use platforms like ActBlue to covertly move money to political campaigns to evade legal requirements. Suspicious activity on fundraising platforms must be fully investigated to determine if any laws have been broken.

Joe Rogan explains how it all works:

Act Blue is a Criminal Money Laundering Scheme to give back to Democrats. pic.twitter.com/fSoWuRaAgi

— Johnny Midnight ⚡️ (@its_The_Dr) September 3, 2024

James O’Keefe is also working hard to blow the whole thing wide open.

Watch this:

Yep! Act Blue is a criminal organization to launder money to Democrats! pic.twitter.com/ChQk5CeY0F

— Johnny Midnight ⚡️ (@its_The_Dr) September 28, 2024

Press Release from Texas AG Ken Paxton:

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton’s Ongo­ing Inves­ti­ga­tion Into Act­Blue Yields Coop­er­a­tion On Donor Cred­it Card Identification

In December 2023, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton opened an investigation into the major fundraising platform ActBlue to determine whether ActBlue’s operations are compliant with all applicable laws. ActBlue has been the subject of numerous allegations of illicit activity, including that its platform may enable fraud. One major focus of Texas’s investigation is ActBlue’s failure to require that donors provide “CVV” codes when making donations by credit card on the ActBlue platform. “CVV” codes are a commonly required security measure.

Today, the OAG issued a supplemental civil investigative demand to obtain additional information relevant to the latest allegations regarding ActBlue.

“ActBlue has cooperated with our ongoing investigation. They have changed their requirements to now include ‘CVV’ codes for donations on their platform. This is a critical change that can help prevent fraudulent donations,” said Attorney General Paxton. “But it is most important that we enforce the law and protect the integrity of our elections. Certain features of campaign finance law may incentivize bad actors to use platforms like ActBlue to covertly move money to political campaigns to evade legal requirements. While campaign finance is protected by the First Amendment, suspicious activity on fundraising platforms must be fully investigated to determine if any laws have been broken.”

Press Release from House Administration Chairman Bryan Steil:

Today, Committee on House Administration Chairman Bryan Steil (WI-01) announced its next phase of oversight into ActBlue’s online political donation operation amid concerns that ActBlue is violating or skirting federal campaign finance (FCF) laws. In launching the investigation, Chairman Steil released the following statement:

“Illegal and malicious conduct have no place in our elections. Ensuring all parties are complying with federal election law as we approach a presidential election is of utmost importance. By launching a new phase of our investigation into ActBlue, the Committee on House Administration has begun robust oversight of ActBlue’s lenient donor verification standards. I’m committed to ensuring Americans can have confidence in our elections and to preventing foreign or malicious actors from influencing American elections.”

In launching the next phase of the investigation, Chairman Steil sent a letter to Federal Election Commission (FEC) Chairman Cooksey and Vice Chair Weintraub requesting the FEC immediately initiate an emergency rulemaking process to require political campaigns verify the card verification value (CVV) of donors who contribute online and a rulemaking to prohibit political committees from accepting online contributions from gift cards or credit and debit cards. In addition to the letter, the Committee has scheduled a briefing with the FEC investigations team set for later this month.

Read the full text of the letter here.

In addition, Chairman Steil’s plan includes legislation to:

• Require political committees to verify the CVV and address information of donors that contribute via a credit or debit card,
• Prohibit political committees from accepting donations from a gift card or other prepaid credit card
• Require political campaigns to get the affirmative consent of donors before they make a reoccuring contribution

Background:

In recent weeks, a wide array of sources have voiced concerns that ActBlue is violating or skirting federal campaign finance laws in several ways including:

• Laundering foreign contributions through prepaid gift cards and U.S. credit and debit cardholders.
• Using prepaid giftcards and credit cards as a vehicle without knowledge of the owner to launder campaign contributions that would violate Federal Campaign Finance (FCF) law.
• Deliberate nonuse of the CVV number to hinder verification of the owner or location of the credit card holder.
• Receipt of a significant number of donations from individuals who are retired and live on a fixed income.
• Sudden appearance of very large donations from individuals who have previously donated much smaller amounts.
• Patterns of hundreds of donations for $2.50 from the same individual.
• State Attorney’s General from Virginia, Wyoming, and Missouri are conducting similar investigations into ActBlue.

On September 20, 2023, Chairman Steil held the first full committee hearing with the Federal Election Commission in over a decade.

On October 31, 2023 Chairman Steil sent a letter demanding answers on ActBlue’s practices, questioning if they are complying with federal campaign finance laws and preventing foreign and illegal contributions.

Press Release from Sen. Marco Rubio:

RUBIO DEMANDS ANSWERS FROM FEC ON POTENTIAL ACTBLUE FRAUDULENT DONATIONS

APR 12, 2023 | PRESS RELEASES

ActBlue, a major fundraiser for the Democratic Party, has purportedly engaged in thousands of dollars in campaign donations through small donors, including senior citizens, via illegal contributions, without those donors’ consent or awareness. Further, unlike nearly every other individual political campaign and political action committee, ActBlue does not require a card verification value (CVV) number as a requirement for donating. Requiring a CVV number as a condition of making an online transaction is standard practice across the e-commerce industry to reduce fraud and prevent unlawful foreign transactions. ActBlue must be held accountable for its apparent lack of security protocols.

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U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) sent a letter to the Federal Election Commission’s Chairwoman and Vice Chairman, Dara Lindenbaum and Sean J. Cooksey, to demand answers on the platform’s schemes to garner illegal campaign donations.

• “It should come as no surprise that ActBlue serves as a vessel for fraud, considering the intentional lack of security engrained within their donation processes and systems.” – Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL)

Flashback…In February, Senator Rubio re-introduced the Codification of Verified Values (CVV) Act, which would require a card verification value (CVV) number as a requirement for donating to a political campaign.

The full text of the letter is below.

Dear Chairwoman Lindenbaum and Vice Chairman Cooksey:

I write to urge the Federal Election Commission (FEC) to investigate the purported presence of widespread fraudulent donations being reported to the commission by ActBlue, a Democratic campaign conglomerate.

Recently, alarming reports emerged of fraudulent donations being reported to the FEC by ActBlue. These reports indicate that numerous individuals, including senior citizens, have purportedly donated to ActBlue thousands of times a year. However, according to recent investigative reports, many of these individuals had no idea that their names and addresses were being used to give thousands of dollars in political donations, with most of these “donations” going to ActBlue. It should come as no surprise that ActBlue serves as vessel for fraud, considering the intentional lack of security engrained within their donation processes and systems.

As you both know, the vast majority of online transactions require a card verification value (CVV) number. This requirement is standard practice across the e-commerce industry to reduce fraud and prevent unlawful foreign transactions. In knowing that foreign actors use fake accounts to exploit donation systems that do not have robust verification processes and systems in place, most individual campaigns and political action committees (PACs) require CVV numbers as part of making an online donation. However, in breaking with most organizations, ActBlue does not require CVV numbers as a requirement for donating, and thus lending itself as a facilitator of fraud.

I urge the commission to investigate ActBlue’s reporting and insufficient security guardrails. Additionally, I request answers to the following questions:

1. Is the commission concerned about reports detailing widespread fraud from ActBlue?

2. Was the commission aware of these seemingly fraudulent donations being reported by ActBlue prior to reports surfacing?

3. Will the commission investigate ActBlue and their reporting?

a. If no, please provide a detailed explanation.

4. What safety/security guardrails does the commission mandate that political organizations and campaigns use as a function of accepting online donations?

5. Does the commission agree that all organizations overseen by the commission should have sufficient guardrails to protect consumers and the donations the place, including the requirement of CVV numbers when making a donaton to a political organization, candidate, and/or campaign?

Thank you for your attention to this important matter. I look forward to your prompt response.

And from Fox News:

Rep. Claudia Tenney, R-N.Y., demanded in a letter Thursday that the Federal Election Commission (FEC) investigate recent allegations “of fraudulent, deceptive, and potentially illegal behavior” on the part of ActBlue, the Democratic fundraising platform that’s hauled in millions of dollars in donations for Vice President Harris’ presidential campaign and its affiliated entities.

Tenney, who co-chairs the House Election Integrity Caucus, cited in the letter addressed to FEC Chair Sean Cooksey and Vice Chair Ellen Weintraub “significant public reporting on anomalous transaction activity involving hundreds of thousands of dollars.” According to the agency’s publicly available data, Tenney wrote, “numerous individuals have allegedly donated to ActBlue thousands of times annually.” However, “it was reported many of these individuals were unaware their names and addresses were being used to make thousands of dollars in political donations.”

The FEC declined to comment on the letter. Fox News Digital reached out to ActBlue regarding the allegations, but it did not immediately respond.

The letter noted ActBlue did not require a card verification value (CVV) number to complete a transaction, unlike most online platforms engaged in e-commerce. Relative to campaign contributions, Tenney said using CVV numbers “is an effective antifraud measure that prevents unlawful transactions that violate the Federal Election Campaign Act, 52 U.S. Code 30101-30145, and various state election laws.”

Tenney in committee
Rep. Claudia Tenney, R-N.Y., is urging the FEC to investigate ActBlue. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
“Given the deliberate lack of security in their donation practices, it is unsurprising that ActBlue could be exploited for fraudulent activities,” Tenney wrote. “Recognizing that foreign actors use fake accounts to exploit donation systems lacking robust verification safeguards, most individual campaigns and political action committees (PACs) require CVV numbers to donate online. However, despite its widespread use among its online counterparts, ActBlue deliberately chooses not to require CVV numbers for donations, possibly facilitating fraudulent activities and foreign interference in our electoral system.”

Tenney specifically urged the FEC to investigate “anomalous transaction activity as it relates to donations to ActBlue,” and answer whether the FEC had already examined anomalous transaction activity or ActBlue’s lax verification processes. If so, the congresswoman asked the FEC to provide “a detailed summary of the results of that investigation.”

If not, Tenny asked if the FEC would “commit to investigating potential fraudulent donations to ActBlue, as well as the organization’s lack of verification guardrails”