Virginia’s Attorney General, Jason Miyares, has recently expressed concerns regarding the Democratic National Committee’s donor platform, ActBlue, over “suspicious” donations that appear in large volumes and are considered “facially implausible.” In a letter addressed to ActBlue on Friday, Miyares requested detailed descriptions of the company’s processes and procedures for verifying the legitimacy and accuracy of donor and contribution information. This request came after his office discovered “hundreds of thousands of dollars of contributions” made by individual donors in Virginia that appeared suspicious.
Miyares’ letter highlights multiple serious allegations against ActBlue, stating that the company may have engaged in fraudulent, deceptive, or otherwise illegal activities within the Commonwealth of Virginia or aided and abetted others in doing so. These allegations include large volumes of contributions from individual donors that seem implausible and suspicious. Some of these donations were made by senior citizens who listed their occupation as “not employed” or “retired,” or used suspicious addresses, leading Miyares to believe that the contributions may have been made using fictional donors or dummy accounts. Alternatively, he suggests that the information reported through ActBlue may be fraudulent, or the contributions may have been made without the consent or awareness of the reported donors.
Miyares’ concerns follow an appearance by Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) on Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk’s podcast, during which Rubio discussed how ActBlue allows people to “donate thousands” without having to enter their CVV code, which is used to track accounts and their locations. WinRed and other platforms use this code but donations made through ActBlue do not require it.
In light of these allegations, Sen. Marco Rubio has called for the passing of a law that would require online donations made with credit cards to provide a CVV. Wyoming Secretary of State Chuck Gray and Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey have also reportedly announced investigations into ActBlue’s fundraising platform.