A House Republican-led investigation is accusing ActBlue of weakening its fraud-prevention standards, accepting potentially illegal foreign contributions, and providing misleading information to Congress about how the Democratic fundraising platform screened donations.

The latest findings come from House Administration Chairman Bryan Steil, Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan and Oversight Chairman James Comer, who have been investigating ActBlue’s handling of potentially fraudulent and foreign donations. The committees say internal documents show ActBlue adopted a “more lenient approach” to fraud prevention during the 2024 election despite internal assessments warning that the changes could increase fraudulent contributions.

The committees also point to internal training materials that allegedly instructed ActBlue’s fraud-prevention staff to “look for reasons to accept contributions” rather than scrutinize suspicious donations. Investigators say ActBlue had identified at least 22 significant fraud campaigns in recent years, including several involving foreign sources. Earlier committee findings also identified hundreds of contributions originating from foreign IP addresses that used domestic prepaid cards.

One area of scrutiny involves ActBlue’s procedures for verifying donors outside the United States. According to the congressional investigation, ActBlue CEO Regina Wallace-Jones previously told lawmakers that donors using foreign addresses were required to provide a passport number. Investigators now allege the system only checked whether an entered passport number contained the required number of characters, rather than verifying whether the number belonged to a valid U.S. passport.

The report also cites internal communications in which employees allegedly approved contributions despite indicators that investigators say should have triggered additional scrutiny. One communication referenced a donor whose internet address was sometimes located in Hong Kong, while another discussed a contribution that was identified as foreign but was nevertheless recommended for acceptance because other information appeared to match.

The committees say the investigation has raised additional questions about whether ActBlue misled Congress. In April, the three chairmen said reporting based on internal legal memoranda indicated ActBlue’s outside counsel had warned that the company may have knowingly accepted or facilitated foreign-national contributions and that Wallace-Jones may have made false or misleading statements to Congress.

ActBlue has denied wrongdoing and has characterized the congressional investigation as politically motivated. The company has also maintained that there is no evidence that foreign donations made through online or small-dollar contributions have been a significant problem in U.S. elections. Several ActBlue officials have invoked the Fifth Amendment during congressional questioning, including Wallace-Jones during a June hearing.

The House investigation remains ongoing, with lawmakers seeking additional records and testimony as they examine whether ActBlue’s fraud-prevention practices allowed prohibited contributions to reach Democratic campaigns and whether the company accurately represented those safeguards to Congress.