The public outcry over Democrats’ fraudulent donation scheme has finally led one Republican attorney general to investigate ActBlue.
BREAKING: O’Keefe Media Group Uncovers Potential MASSIVE Money Laundering into Political Campaigns #FollowTheMoneypic.twitter.com/MiNS63G2rI
— O’Keefe Media Group (@OKeefeMedia) March 29, 2023
After numerous exposés uncovered clear fraud by Democrat donation platform ActBlue, Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares (R) has announced he would finally be launching an investigation.
Responding to an X post from Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk, Miyares confirmed that his office “is aware of these allegations and rest assured, we are looking into it.”
My office is aware of these allegations and rest assured, we are looking into it. https://t.co/BD13tYYtzH
— Jason Miyares (@JasonMiyaresVA) July 29, 2024
The post that Miyares replied to was Kirk flagging a donation anomaly in which a 79-year-old Virginia resident living in a $2,000/month apartment had somehow many 22,619 separate donations totaling more than $800,000 since 2019.
“It’s trivially easy to find massive, repeated donations to ActBlue that use stolen identities and, quite possibly, stolen credit cards,” Kirk explained.
He argued that it was obvious that the elderly Virginia resident was “being exploited for some kind of money-laundering operation.
“ActBlue raises from all fifty states. We have fifty state AGs. When will one of them take action?” Kirk asked, sharing a post that contained screenshots of 79-year-old Kerry Alberti’s supposed ActBlue donations.
It's trivially easy to find massive, repeated donations to ActBlue that use stolen identities and, quite possibly, stolen credit cards.
For example, one person in Virginia has been named in 22,619 separate donations since 2019, totaling more than $800,000. Obviously, she's being… https://t.co/YHhp5ATaum
— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) July 26, 2024
This is not the only clear fraud being perpetrated using ActBlue, as the O’Keefe Media Group (OMG) has initiated several investigations into the Democrat donation platform — which included showing up at the homes of Americans on fixed incomes whose names were attached to ActBlue donations amounting to tens of thousands of dollars. None of the Americans who James O’Keefe contacted knew anything about the donations, though many had donated a small amount on at least one occasion. O’Keefe has called it a “money laundering scheme.”
Maryland Woman Denies 1,000+ Donations to ActBlue; OMG Uncovers Fraud Scheme
Cindy Nowe of Annapolis, Maryland, allegedly contributed over 1,000 times to ActBlue in 2022, totaling $18,849.77. That means Cindy would have had to donate three times a day, every day, for the whole… pic.twitter.com/XcHLyepV89
— James O'Keefe (@JamesOKeefeIII) July 28, 2024
Journalist Stephen Horn also investigated ActBlue fraud in North Carolina, where he found that over $26,000 had been donated in one elderly victim’s name.
🚨🚨 ACT BLUE 🚨🚨
More Democrat Money Laundering In North Carolina
Journalist Stephen Horn found over $26,000 donated in elderly victims name pic.twitter.com/rJktqG5FQc— JOSH DUNLAP (@JDunlap1974) July 28, 2024
Instances of alleged donation fraud have been found in numerous other states across the U.S., including deep-blue New York.
NEW: Citizen Journalist Investigates Four Residences in New York and Uncovering More Victims of @actblue linked Donation Scheme
“So they are using our name then” #FollowTheMoney pic.twitter.com/sFeApPgbJ5
— O’Keefe Media Group (@OKeefeMedia) May 8, 2023
Despite all of these massive donations, ActBlue has claimed that it is the home of “small-dollar donors” for leftist politicians and political causes. According to its website, it is a donation platform “available to Democratic candidates and committees, progressive organizations, and nonprofits that share our values for no cost besides a 3.95 percent processing fee on donations.”
