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“There are dozens more donors like the examples above, and there are two explanations,” Thayer wrote. “1. [ActBlue] is preying on seniors with poor memory by repeatedly sending them requests to sign up for stacking monthly contributions. 2. Some sort of straw-donor scheme is happening.”
Earlier this year, investigative journalist James O’Keefe reported similar suspicious donations to ActBlue. As part of his investigation, O’Keefe conducted interviews with numerous alleged donors, many of whom were elderly and unaware of the volume of donations made in their names.
In March, O’Keefe traveled to Maryland to speak with residents linked to tens of thousands of dollars in donations to ActBlue and other left-wing organizations or political candidates. Most residents confirmed they had donated to ActBlue but denied making such large contributions.
Further analysis of Federal Election Commission data by Election Watch, a citizen journalist group, revealed that hundreds of senior citizens nationwide had been making hundreds, and in some cases, thousands of individual donations to ActBlue and other campaigns. One senior citizen had made 1,009 individual donations totaling $18,849.77 since 2022. While she acknowledged donating to ActBlue and Joe Biden’s election campaign, she was shocked to learn about the total amount.
A citizen journalist in New Jersey uncovered additional evidence of alleged campaign finance fraud targeting senior citizens. One elderly woman was devastated to learn that over $86,000 had been donated in her name to left-wing political campaigns over two years. The donations, ranging from one dollar to $5,000, totaled more than 5,300 individual contributions.
“I don’t remember giving hundreds of dollars to Pelosi. I was just giving more like 10 dollars, I don’t remember,” the woman said while reviewing the list of contributions made in her name.
On one particularly shocking day, September 30, 2022, 108 donations were listed in her name. “In one day? No wonder they keep contacting me as if I’m – and they keep giving me recognition as if I’m one of the best that they have,” she said.
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Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk highlighted the ease with which fraudulent donations to ActBlue can be identified. “It’s trivially easy to find massive, repeated donations to ActBlue that use stolen identities and, quite possibly, stolen credit cards,” Kirk wrote in an X post. He cited an example of a Virginia resident named in 22,619 separate donations since 2019, totaling more than $800,000.
“Obviously, she’s being exploited for some kind of money-laundering operation,” Kirk continued. “ActBlue raises from all fifty states. We have fifty state AGs. When will one of them take action?”
In response to Kirk’s post, Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares vowed to investigate. “My office is aware of these allegations and rest assured, we are looking into it,” he said.
These allegations have cast a shadow over ActBlue, prompting calls for a thorough investigation into the organization’s fundraising practices and the potential exploitation of vulnerable senior citizens.
