Republicans in the United States Congress who have been investigating allegations of corruption within the largest Democratic fundraising platform in the country plan to refer their findings to the second Trump Administration’s Department of Justice (DOJ).
As reported by Just The News, Congressman Brian Steil (R-Wisc.), Chairman of the House Administration Committee, said in an interview that he plans to work with President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for Attorney General, Pam Bondi, in getting to the bottom of the ActBlue scandal. The mega-fundraiser platform has been accused of money-laundering, accepting foreign donations, and failing to implement adequate security measures to ensure the privacy of donors’ personal information, among other allegations.
“Once Pam Bondi comes in as attorney general under the Trump administration, we then have a partner at the United States Department of Justice to look at this, to do the investigation into bad actors, and to hold anyone who is engaged in this activity accountable,” said Steil.
“The good news is President [Donald} Trump’s coming to office in just a few short weeks,” he added. “We’re going to have an opportunity to move forward on the prosecutorial side, and then we in Congress have to continue this work, moving legislation forward.”
In October, Steil and Senator Ron Johnson (R-Wisc.) sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, FBI Director Christopher Wray, and Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines – all of whom are on their way out ahead of the second Trump Administration – warning about the possibility that up to four hostile nations have donated to ActBlue.
“We write to you to raise an urgent concern regarding potential illicit election funding by foreign actors,” the letter read. “CHA has been investigating claims that foreign actors, primarily from Iran, Russia, Venezuela, and China, may be using ActBlue to launder illicit money into U.S. political campaigns.”
ActBlue has repeatedly denied the accusations, and claims that it has cooperated with the investigation and all other inquiries.