House Republicans Set April 28 Deadline for ActBlue to Comply with Subpoenas on Foreign Donations

# House Republicans Issue Deadline to ActBlue Over Subpoena Compliance Representatives Bryan Steil (R-WI) and Jim Jordan (R-OH) sent a letter to ActBlue on Tuesday alleging that the platform failed to provide documents subpoenaed in 2025. The letter stated that ActBlue may have deliberately withheld responsive material to impede the investigation.

Washington Examiner reported the letter demanded that ActBlue produce all materials responsive to the Committees’ subpoenas promptly.

The letter gave ActBlue until April 28 to provide documents and communications referring or relating to the potential or actual use of ActBlue by foreign nationals to make political contributions. It also set the same deadline for documents and communications referring or relating to ActBlue’s policies, practices, or procedures for preventing, deterring, or detecting political contributions by foreign nationals.

Absent compliance, the Committees are prepared to use available mechanisms to enforce the subpoenas, the letter stated.

# Investigation Background and New York Times Report Lawmakers began investigating allegations that ActBlue illegally accepted foreign political donations in 2025. A New York Times report on April 2 referenced documents that Congress had not received but fit the subpoena description.

The New York Times reported on April 2 that ActBlue’s lawyers told the payment processor it may have misled Congress regarding efforts to block foreign donations.

Documents reviewed by the New York Times stated that lawyers for ActBlue at Covington & Burling indicated the platform’s procedures created a substantial risk of impermissible contributions from foreign nationals. The New York Times referenced a resignation letter from former ActBlue interim general counsel and an internal message alleging retaliation against a whistleblower.

According to House Republicans, the documents referenced in the New York Times report were not provided to them despite fitting the subpoena description.

# Subpoenas on Whistleblowers and Staff Resignations House Republicans issued a subpoena to ActBlue for all documents and communications referring or relating to whistleblowers, retaliation against whistleblowers, and actual or alleged misconduct by ActBlue staff.

House Republicans issued a subpoena to ActBlue for all documents and communications referring or relating to the resignations of staff in ActBlue’s Office of the General Counsel. Rep.

Bryan Steil chairs the committee on administration, and Rep. Jim Jordan chairs the committee on judiciary. Marco Rubio of Florida and Rep. Steil raised concerns that ActBlue’s security measures were insufficient to prevent fraud and illegal donations by foreign nationals.

ActBlue tightened its vetting process to request more documents from users donating with third-party platforms. ActBlue board member Kimberly Peeler-Allen said that ActBlue did not remedy the situation immediately but did so as it understood the gap and continued to answer truthfully to the best of its knowledge at the time.

# Responses from ActBlue and GOP ActBlue wrote a letter to Congress claiming its framework for guarding against illegal contributions was multilayered with checks and confirmations throughout the donation process.

“The latest letter from Congressional Republicans is a desperate attempt to deflect from the Right’s ongoing issues. ActBlue has always been forthcoming with Congress and will not be intimidated by partisan theater." — ActBlue spokeswoman, to Washington Examiner A GOP aide told the Washington Examiner that options under consideration include holding ActBlue CEO Regina Wallace-Jones in contempt and summoning the organization’s leadership to testify before Congress. The GOP aide stated that contempt and testimony are the two strongest options on the table but not the only ones. The GOP aide stated that the lawmakers were not committing to these options but they were merely on the table.”