Kamala Harris and Democrats built a political fundraising juggernaut.
But now it has been admitted that not all of the money is on the up and up.
And Kamala Harris’ biggest funder dropped one bombshell that could land her in a prison jumpsuit.
Democrat fundraising platform didn’t block foreign money
Vice President Kamala Harris raised a staggering $1.5 billion for her campaign despite her late entry into the race.
Democrats managed to outraise Republicans in most of the major races this year in part because of their advantage in small-dollar fundraising.
Every Democrat campaign, PAC, or cause uses the online fundraising platform ActBlue to solicit contributions.
Users enter their debit or credit card information into ActBlue to make a contribution.
Kamala raised nearly $50 million from ActBlue on July 21 after President Joe Biden announced he was dropping out of the race.
There was something fishy about the way that ActBlue accepted contributions.
It didn’t block donations from gift cards or ones made from foreign countries.
A member of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) could buy a gift card and make a contribution to Kamala.
Gift cards could also be used to get around individual contribution limits under federal campaign finance law.
ActBlue quietly changed its policy this fall after it received heavy scrutiny.
On September 9 ActBlue “automatically reject donations that use foreign prepaid/gift cards, domestic gift cards, are from high-risk/sanctioned countries, and have the highest level of risk as determined.”
The Democrat online fundraising platform of choice would have potentially accepted gift cards from Iran or North Korea.
Democrats were illegally raising money for campaigns up and down the ballot
House Administration Chairman Bryan Steil (R-WI) has been investigating ActBlue over its fundraising practices.
Steil introduced the Secure Handling of Internet Electronic Donations (SHIELD) Act on September 6 to stop foreign money from being used for online political donations.
ActBlue announced its change in policy for gift cards three days after he introduced the bill.
“While this is a positive step forward, there is still more work to be done to ensure our campaign finance system is fully protected from fraud and unlawful foreign interference,” Steil told Just the News. “The documents provided to the Committee also confirm that ActBlue still accepted these concerning payment methods in July, a period when Democrats raised a record number of campaign money before implementing these safeguards.”
Steil is investigating whether hostile foreign countries like China, Venezuela, and Iran were funneling money into Democrat campaigns before ActBlue changed its policies.
ActBlue has denied any wrongdoing.
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) and Steil are trying to obtain suspicious activity reports (SARs) filed by the Treasury Department for suspected money laundering and other financial fraud that involve ActBlue.
“We requested the SARS from Treasury (on ActBlue) several months ago, long before the election, and they obstructed and delayed, and they haven’t given us anything,” Comer said. “But we had a meeting this week, and they said, ‘Look, this is the largest production of SARS that we’ve ever had to compile that’s been requested.’”
Comer revealed there are at least 400 SARs involving ActBlue.
House Republicans may have only discovered the tip of the iceberg for the Democrats’ shady online fundraising scheme.
Stay tuned to Unmuzzled News for any updates to this ongoing story.
