WASHINGTON - Yesterday, the Committee on House Administration held a Full Committee Hearing titled, “Preventing Fraudulent Donations: Transparency, Verification, and Accountability.”  

Witness: 

• Regina Wallace-Jones, ActBlue CEO 

In case you missed it, Ms. Wallace-Jones repeatedly invoked her Fifth Amendment right and refused to answer any lawmakers’ questions: 

Chairman Bryan Steil (WI-01): Foreign funds have no place in American political campaigns. American elections are for American citizens only. Ms. Wallace-Jones, in 2023, I sent you this letter with five straightforward questions, with a goal of confirming that foreign funds are not in our elections and that ActBlue had adequate fraud-prevention measures in place. You replied a month later with a four-page letter describing your fraud-prevention policies and procedures that you had in place at ActBlue. But according to the New York Times, your response to this committee may have been false and misleading. Ms. Wallace Jones, when you signed this letter to me, did you believe that this letter was false and misleading? 
 

Regina Wallace-Jones: On the advice of my counsel, I respectfully decline to answer this question pursuant to my Fifth Amendment rights under the Constitution. 

Chairman Jim Jordan (OH-04) on Foreign Contributions Accepted by ActBlue
 

Chairman Jim Jordan (OH-04): Your board chairman said ActBlue accepted up to $38 million in contributions in 2024 that had the signs of foreign origin. How much fraud is too much fraud?
 

Regina Wallace-Jones: On the advice of counsel, I respectfully decline to answer the question pursuant to my Fifth Amendment rights under the Constitution. 

Rep. Barry Loudermilk (GA-11): This committee just passed bipartisan legislation that requires donors to include their CVV or CVC when donating to a political campaign online. The committee originally passed the same legislation last Congress and pointed out that ActBlue did not require the CVV for online donations. Soon after that, ActBlue changed its policies to require the CVV. Was that decision connected to what this committee was doing? 

Regina Wallace-Jones: On the advice of counsel, I respectfully decline to answer the question pursuant to my Fifth Amendment rights under the Constitution.