Act Blue Officals Refuse to Testify Before Congress About Illegal Overseas Fundraising and Fraud; House Committee Leaders Threaten Compusory Subpoeanas to Testify

Make them plead the Fifth.

And then prosecute them.

The chairmen of three powerful House committees on Thursday threatened to issue subpoenas after several current and former top officials of the Democrat online fund-raising platform ActBlue declined to testify in a probe into possible foreign and fraudulent political donations, according to correspondence obtained by Just the News.

House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, House Oversight Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., and House Administration Chairman Bryan Steil, R-Wis., revealed in the letters that several of the witnesses initially agreed to voluntary, transcribed interviews, then pulled back through their lawyer earlier this month after President Donald Trump signed an order instructing the Justice Department to probe the platform.

"As we have explained, the Committees are examining allegations that ActBlue, a leading political fundraising organization, allowed bad actors, including foreign actors, to exploit the company's online platform to make fraudulent political donations," the chairmen wrote in letters to the witnesses, which were sent to a lawyer representing them, Danny Onorato.

"Fraudulent political donations corrupt American elections could amount to interstate criminal conduct," the letters also state.

The letters laid out the testimony flip-flops for each of the witnesses, including ActBlue's former chief revenue officer, Peter Slutsky.

"On April 21, Mr. Onorato indicated that you had agreed to appear for a voluntary transcribed interview and began the process of scheduling your appearance. However, on May 7, Mr. Onorato notified the Committee that you had changed course and now would not appear for a voluntary transcribed interview," the chairmen stated.

"He cited a reported Executive Branch investigation into 'the unlawful use of online fundraising platforms to make 'straw' or 'dummy' contributions or foreign contributions to political candidates and committees' as the basis for your refusal to cooperate voluntarily with the Committees," the letter to Slutsky and Onorato also states.

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The letters demanded each witness schedule their interview by no later than May 29 or risk facing a subpoena.

"The Committees are prepared to resort to compulsory process, if necessary, to obtain compliance with our requests," the lawmakers warned.

Unrelated: Elon Musk announces he's stepping back from politics.

He did an awful lot. He spent $43 billion just to stop Twitter from banning right-leaning accounts like Babylon Bee and LibsofTikTok. I know he's rich, but no one easily parts with $43 billion.

And then he committed himself to spending tens of millions to get Trump elected. And then he absorbed tens of billions of dollars in reputational and business damage inflicted on him by leftwing terrorists.

I'm sad the left gets this "win," but I can't fault Musk for deciding that he's done enough for now and deserves a little rest and relaxation.

posted by Ace at 12:08 PM

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