As a sprawling congressional investigation into online political fundraising expands, House Speaker Mike Johnson said Thursday he fears foreign adversaries such as China and Iran may be laundering money to Democrats this election, and he is vowing lawmakers will take punitive actions against overseas actors if the allegations are corroborated.
“This is a massive scandal,” Johnson told Just the News in an interview just days after House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer revealed to lawmakers in a confidential memo that the Treasury Department has confirmed it possesses hundreds of Suspicious Activity Reports (SAR’s) for possible money laundering tied to the Democratic Party’s massive online fundraising platform known as ActBlue.
Comer, House Administration Committee Chairman Bryan Steil, Sen. Ron Johnson and 19 state attorneys general have been investigative whether the ActBlue platform is being abused by foreign actors to disguise illicit donations as coming from unwitting and possibly defrauded American citizens.
Steil subpoenaed ActBlue on Wednesday for records, saying he has evidence suggesting China, Iran, Russia and Venezuela may be abusing the platform and questioning whether the Democrat fundraising juggernaut has placed adequate protections to prevent identity theft and fraudulent donations.
Johnson predicted Thursday that new information will be released that “very soon everyone will have to” cover as a news story. […]
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