Democrat platform ActBlue subpoenaed by House committee amid concerns foreign donors exploited security flaws

House Republicans issued a subpoena this week to the Democratic fundraising platform, ActBlue, as part of an ongoing effort to obtain more information about certain questionable transactions and the platform's process for vetting its donors.

In a letter to ActBlue CEO Regina Wallace-Jones, House Administration Committee Chair Bryan Steil, R-Wis., requested that the platform turn over more information about its process and policies for verifying donors before Nov. 6, the day after this year's general election.

He said the subpoena is a bid to "safeguard our nation's elections" and "close loopholes in our campaign finance system," including contributions from donors whose identities were not as stringently vetted.

The request, sent just days ahead of the presidential election, comes as Republicans have expressed mounting concerns over ActBlue's security policies and processes for vetting donors, which the platform has addressed in recent months with some policy changes.

ActBlue said in a statement Thursday that they have received the inquiry from Steil, "and will respond to address the continued inaccuracies and misrepresentations about our platform, as we have done previously."

"We rigorously protect donors' security and maintain strict anti-fraud compliance practices. We have zero tolerance for fraud on our platform," they added. 

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