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This is a big, big deal.
Look, there could be people criminally prosecuted.
There could be people going to jail.
But that's not really the biggest consequence.
The biggest consequence is if there's a criminal investigation.
And this is this is Covington and Burling, a big Democrat law firm that was the lawyer for Act Blue, telling them, holy crap, you guys have screwed up and you've got real exposure.
And then this is The New York Times.
The official mouthpiece for the Democrats reporting on it.
The biggest political consequence would be if a criminal investigation shuts down Act Blue between now and the election.
Because Act Blue, if nothing else happens, Act Blue will raise billions of dollars for Democrats between now and November.
And by the way, ActBlue's defense, one of their defense is, well, less than 1% of contributions in 2024 were from foreign countries.
Well, less than 1% out of $19 billion is a crap ton of money.
And it is illegal.
And that dynamic, and I'll give you some other stats.
So here's something Greg Price tweeted.
With all the headwinds facing the GOP, national Democrat groups have a serious fundraising problem going into the midterm.
The DNC currently has more debt than cash on hand, while the RNC has over $100 million on hand.
The SLF, CLF, NRCC, and NRSC, which are all the different committees on the Republican side, all have more cash than their Democrat counterparts, and
And now this with ActBlue, the Democrat crown jewel of their fundraising, the big, big political consequence.
If ActBlue has committed criminal conduct, laundering foreign money into American elections, and if they actively covered it up, which is what Covington and Burling suggest there's evidence of,