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ActBlue Staff Invoke Fifth in House Donor-Fraud Inquiry (146 Times)
politics1 month ago

ActBlue Staff Invoke Fifth in House Donor-Fraud Inquiry (146 Times)

ActBlue employees invoked the Fifth Amendment at least 146 times in depositions with House committees probing donor fraud on the platform, with several officials and former lawyers declining to answer substantive questions. The interim report faults testimony evasions, cites alleged gaps in fraud-prevention for foreign donations since 2020, and suggests withheld materials and potential misleading statements to Congress. ActBlue denies wrongdoing, while the probe widens, and Texas AG Paxton has sued ActBlue based on the committees’ findings.

'We Build the Wall' Scheme Results in Prison Sentences for Trump Allies and Associates.
crime3 years ago

'We Build the Wall' Scheme Results in Prison Sentences for Trump Allies and Associates.

Brian Kolfage and Andrew Badolato have been sentenced to prison for their roles in a scheme to defraud hundreds of thousands of donors in connection with an online crowdfunding campaign known as “We Build The Wall” by soliciting donations using false statements and then stealing the resulting donations. Kolfage was sentenced to 51 months in prison, and Badolato was sentenced to 36 months in prison. They both pled guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud. Timothy Shea was convicted after trial of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, conspiracy to commit money laundering, and obstruction of justice.