House GOP issue contempt threat against ActBlue after Dem fundraiser refuses to turn over hundreds of documents
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By Samuel Chamberlain and Josh Christenson Published June 22, 2026 Updated June 22, 2026, 1:17 p.m. ETSee more of our coverage in your search results.
Add The New York Post on GoogleWASHINGTON — The leaders of three Republican House committees threatened Monday to hold Democratic fundraising powerhouse ActBlue in contempt of Congress after the firm refused to turn over more than 400 documents, citing attorney-client privilege.
A letter from House Administration Committee Chairman Bryan Steil (R-Wis.), Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), and Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) gave ActBlue until Friday to provide the messages, including statements by two members of its legal team indicating the fundraiser was not being forthcoming about overseas donations that were illegally funneled to Democratic campaigns.
“These documents reportedly contain evidence that ActBlue accepted foreign donations, misled Congress, and then retaliated against an employee who spoke up about it,” the lawmakers wrote. “ActBlue appears to be withholding these documents from the Committees in an attempt to cover up the scope and duration of its misconduct.”
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ActBlue interim general counsel Aaron Ting resigned his post in February 2025 following a call involving ActBlue leadership and outside counsel, warning the fundraiser was “not fully committed to transparently addressing with the Board the seriousness of our most pressing concerns: the legal compliance of ActBlue’s past practices for screening political donations from abroad and its past representations to Congress regarding foreign donations and related matters.”
Days later, ActBlue’s lone full-time lawyer, Zain Ahmad, claimed in an internal Slack message that “he was retaliated against for blowing the whistle on internal misconduct,” according to the lawmakers.
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The drama involving Ting and Ahmad was first reported in April by the New York Times.
“On June 5, ActBlue belatedly produced a log of responsive materials that it deemed privileged, but refused to produce Mr. Ting’s resignation letter or Mr. Ahmad’s message. Instead, ActBlue claimed attorney-client privilege over the entirety of these and 420 other documents,” wrote Steil, Jordan and Comer.
“The Committees struggle to understand how Mr. Ting’s resignation letter or Mr. Ahmad’s internal message could be privileged. Neither document could have been ‘made for the purpose of obtaining or providing legal advice,’” they added.
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“Based on available evidence and common sense, the purpose of Mr. Ting’s resignation letter was to terminate his employment with ActBlue, and the purpose of Mr. Ahmad’s message was to make a claim of retaliation against ActBlue. As such, both documents were prepared and transmitted by these attorneys in the context of an employee-employer dispute with ActBlue, and not in an attorney-client context for purpose of providing legal advice.”
In a statement, an ActBlue spokesperson said: “ActBlue has and will continue to fulfill its legal obligations. We have produced a large volume of relevant materials for the Committees on a rolling basis for months.”
“Unfortunately, the Committees are now engaged in an abuse of their oversight authority by demanding disclosure of certain confidential attorney client privileged documents,” the rep added.
“Despite the highly partisan nature of these investigations, we will continue to cooperate with the Committees while exercising our well-established rights to protect sensitive privileged information.”
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Monday’s letter follows a June 10 appearance before Congress by ActBlue CEO Regina Wallace-Jones, during which she invoked the Fifth Amendment and declined to answer questions.
In a separate video statement, Wallace-Jones accused the three GOP chairmen of “abusing their power to target ActBlue” and emphasized that taking the Fifth was “not an admission — or even an insinuation — of guilt.”
President Trump has also authorized the Department of Justice to investigate “straw donors” and other illicit funding of federal campaigns, she noted.
Ting and Ahmad had already been compelled to appear for depositions with the committees last year but invoked the Fifth Amendment as well, as did another former ActBlue lawyer, its VP of customer service, and a fraud specialist.
Collectively, all five ActBlue employees invoked their right against self-incrimination 146 times.
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ActBlue has helped Democratic campaigns and causes raise more than $19 billion since it was founded in 2004.
Nearly $2 billion of those funds flowed to Democrats during the 2024 election cycle, at the same time that internal records, later obtained by The Post, showed ActBlue made its fraud standards “more lenient.”
The Times reported that Ting’s resignation followed a pair of memos from ActBlue’s then-legal firm, Covington & Burling, that warned it could “be alleged that ActBlue accepted and/or facilitated the acceptance of foreign-national contributions into American elections,” in violation of federal law.
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Separately, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued the platform for accepting contributions from allegedly fraudulent donors after his investigators were able to use fake identities to submit funds.
A Massachusetts federal judge blocked the lawsuit on June 11, ruling that it was “undoubtedly an adverse action” taken against Paxton’s opponent in the Texas Senate race, former Democratic state lawmaker James Talarico.
Both Wallace-Jones and House Democrats on the Judiciary Committee have also taken aim at WinRed, the largest Republican fundraising platform.
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“This investigation isn’t really about advancing legislative proposals. If it were, today’s hearing would include the Republican fundraising platform WinRed. This blatant hypocrisy must not be overlooked,” the ActBlue CEO wrote in a Washington Post op-ed on June 10.
Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) and Administration Committee Ranking Member Joe Morelle (D-NY) have also cited reports that the GOP platform funneled donations from foreign nationals to Trump’s 2024 campaign.
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Badenoch blasts 'moaning' female Labour MPs over Burnham jobs 'quota'
Kemi Badenoch has told Labour women to earn a job in Andy Burnham's Cabinet instead of demanding they are handed jobs because of their gender.
The Tory leader lashed out today amid reports that female MPs are demanding the de-facto new prime minister introduce a 50:50 gender split 'quota' in his government.
Amid reports that former foreign secretary David Miliband is being lined up to return to the role, possibly with his brother Ed as Chancellor, one female minister also complained that Burnham could not have 'more Milibands than women' in the top posts.
But in a scathing article in the Times today Mrs Badenoch told them to 'stop moaning' and get chosen on merit instead of retreating into 'more of the failed identity politics that is holding back our country'.
'There are many, many reasons why you shouldn't have any Milibands in the cabinet,' she said.
'But complaining that the boys haven't given them the right jobs or that the boys are taking all the jobs, just shows that Labour's women still don't get it.'
The idea of quotas was also attacked by Baroness Jacqui Smith, Labour's Skills Minister.
Asked by Times Radio if Mr Burnham should reserve jobs for women, she said: 'No, I think what Andy Burnham should be doing is building the very best team around him to change this country.'
A letter written by the Women's Parliamentary Labour Party has called on Mr Burnham to ensure a 50:50 split between men and women in government jobs
Amid reports that former foreign secretary David Miliband (above, right, in 2010) is being lined up to return to the role, possibly with his brother Ed as Chancellor, one female minister complained that Burnham could not have 'more Milibands than women' in the top posts
But Mrs Badenoch told them to pipe down and get chosen on merit instead of retreating into 'more of the failed identity politics that is holding back our country'
A letter written by the Women's Parliamentary Labour Party and seen by the BBC has called on Mr Burnham to ensure a 50:50 split between men and women in government jobs after he succeeds Sir Keir Starmer.
'We are asking you to demonstrate this change from day one and address the toxicity and misogyny within our own party and government,' it said.
Labour has never had a female leader, while the Conservatives have had three, and Mrs Badenoch urged the government to follow its meritocratic example.
'If you run a meritocracy, then you do not have to worry about jobs for the boys,' she wrote.
'Every woman who is a Conservative MP, every woman who has ever won the leadership, has had to fight to get where she is.
'By contrast, Labour women are demanding guarantees from Burnham. But the truth is he doesn't have to give any guarantees.
'If none of Labour's women are prepared to get their hands dirty and challenge him for the leadership, their demands are toothless.'
'In fact, it's quite revealing that the women's parliamentary Labour Party has written to Burnham asking him to commit himself to at least 50 per cent female ministers.
'This has nothing to do with meritocracy. It is yet more of the failed identity politics that is holding back our country.'
