Democrats' ActBlue Money Laundering Scandal Just Heated Up
ActBlue may have facilitated billions of dollars in illicit campaign cash for Democrat candidates and causes. A lot of it appears to be foreign. And the shoe is about to drop.
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by Rod D. Martin
September 9, 2025
If Democrats thought the ActBlue scandal was going away, they just got a rude shock.
There’s an old adage in politics: “Follow the money.” When it comes to the Democrat Party’s fundraising machine, that trail leads directly to ActBlue — an online behemoth that has quietly but efficiently fueled the Left’s electoral dominance for over a decade. NBC refers to it as “Democrats’ main fundraising platform” and “one of the pillars of the Party’s online ecosystem.” It has raised over $16 billion for Democrat candidates and causes.
The problem? ActBlue’s murky dealings: apparent money laundering, illegal “straw donor” schemes, and even massive foreign contributions — “election interference” — that could have altered the balance of American power, and may now land senior Democrats in prison.
Earlier this year, President Trump ordered Attorney General Pam Bondi to open a formal criminal investigation of ActBlue’s operations and its role in potentially facilitating foreign interference in U.S. elections. A grand jury is widely rumored but so far unconfirmed.
The presidential memorandum cites damning evidence gathered by congressional investigators, including reports that ActBlue accepted hundreds if not thousands of donations from foreign IP addresses using prepaid credit cards — an ideal tool for money laundering.
He’s not alone. In addition to the DOJ and Congress, 19 states are reportedly investigating ActBlue for allegations related to fraudulent fundraising practices, including potential money laundering and misuse of donor identities.
If you don’t think they’re all coordinating, you’re crazy.
Which is no small part of why last week’s developments are so interesting. Last week, the House Administration, Judiciary and Oversight committees subpoenaed three of ActBlue’s top lawyers — former ActBlue general counsel Darrin Hurwitz, ex-director and associate general counsel Aaron Ting, plus another ActBlue attorney who remains anonymous — after records uncovered by the committees showed that Hurwitz, Ting and the unidentified counsel worked with the platform’s fraud prevention team as it implemented “more lenient” standards during the 2024 campaign.
Generally speaking, you don’t subpoena the lawyers if the other shoe isn’t about to drop.
The question is no longer whether ActBlue is corrupt. The question now is how deep the rot goes, and how far up the Democrat food chain it reaches.
Serious people could do serious prison time. And Democrats’ fundraising could drop dramatically if limited to legitimate donors, during a time when other giant taxpayer-funded Democrat slush funds (USAID, NED, EPA, Planned Parenthood, etc.) are rapidly being cut off.
Much hangs in the balance, for an elite that thought itself untouchable.