Democrats have become the biggest spenders in politics.
They funnel billions of dollars into campaigns and causes every year.
And Kamala Harris is sweating bullets after Treasury officials flagged this scandal that could destroy her win or lose Tuesday.
James Comer investigates potentially fraudulent Democrat campaign contributions
Democrats have built a political fundraising juggernaut that runs through the online platform ActBlue.
ActBlue serves as a middleman that processes a credit or debit card contribution from a donor before sending the money to a Democrat politician and group.
Vice President Kamala Harris raised more than one billion dollars for her Presidential campaign after entering the race with a good chunk of the money coming through ActBlue.
There are suspicions that because of a lack of identity verification foreign transactions could be made on the platform or contributions made in someone else’s name to sidestep federal campaign contribution limits.
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) and Republican state attorneys general have been investigating ActBlue for fraudulent donations.
Comer wrote Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen in September for all Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) filed with the Treasury Department involving ActBlue since the beginning of 2023.
SARs are filed for financial transactions suspected of “money laundering, counterfeit credit/debit card, credit card or debit card fraud, false statements, wire transfer fraud, or identity theft.”
Comer exposed that SARs were generated by Hunter Biden’s shady foreign business deals.
“Federal law prohibits contributions made in the name of another person, and for good reason,” Comer wrote Yellen. “The Committee is concerned that failure to properly vet contributions made through online platforms may have allowed bad actors to more easily commit fraud to illegally exploit and violate federal campaign finance laws.”
Hundreds of Democrat campaign contributions flagged as suspicious
The Treasury Department found that hundreds of campaign contributions made through ActBlue were flagged as potentially suspicious.
Comer briefed Republicans on the Oversight Committee about “potentially fraudulent and illicit financial activity” on ActBlue.
“Although Treasury has not yet produced any records, it is currently reviewing hundreds of potentially responsive records,” Comer wrote in the memo. “Treasury revealed this is one of the largest records reviews it has conducted this Congress.”
Comer stated that he was trying to get a copy of those records from the Treasury Department.
Attorneys general in Texas, Missouri, and Wyoming have also been probing ActBlue this year.
Former Herman Cain campaign official Mark Block filed a lawsuit against ActBlue earlier this year after he discovered nearly 400 donations were made on the platform in his name to the Harris Victory Fund and other Democrat groups.
Federal campaign finance law only requires that contributions over $200 be reported on legally required campaign finance reports.
The donations made in Block’s name totaled less than $900.
ActBlue didn’t require Card Verification Values (CVV), the three-digit code on the back of credit and debit cards, until recently.
The lack of a CVV allowed for potential illegal foreign contributions and other fraud.
House Administration Committee Chairman Bryan Steil (R-WI) warned that countries like China and Iran “may be exploiting existing U.S. donors by making straw donations without the individuals’ or [ActBlue]’s knowledge.”
His committee’s investigation found instances of hundreds of small donations from one person.
The Democrats’ money machine could be a huge scandal.
Stay tuned to Unmuzzled News for any updates to this ongoing story.
