ActBlue CEO invokes the Fifth Amendment multiple times in House testimony

ActBlue CEO Regina Wallace-Jones invoked the Fifth Amendment multiple times Wednesday during a House Administration Committee hearing related to the panel's investigation into the campaign donation platform's verification policies and procedures.

The committee's investigation centers on how the company vets foreign donations and whether it weakened its fraud protections during the 2024 election. The CEO has been warned that she might have misled Congress in how ActBlue vets foreign donations. 

Wallace-Jones invoked her Fifth Amendment right not to testify 22 times in response to questions from House Republicans, according to a tally from the New York Times, and has maintained that invoking the Fifth did not mean she had anything to hide.

“Invoking the Fifth Amendment is not an admission or even an insinuation of guilt,” she said in a video on YouTube. “It is the only reasonable response to a highly partisan proceeding that is about harassing its largest political opponent’s fund-raising platform.”

ActBlue funnels hundreds of millions of dollars each election cycle to Democrat candidates and political groups as well as other major left-wing causes. It has long faced scrutiny over alleged foreign and fraudulent contributions, and it has denied wrongdoing.

Democrats on the House panel have claimed the hearing was a form of vendetta and have pledged to seek testimony from WinRed, which is the leading online fundraising platform for Republican candidates.

Misty Severi is a news reporter for Just The News. You can follow her on X for more coverage.