Ted Cruz

A series of top officials resigned in quick succession.

ActBlue is now all but declaring war on its past lawyers, an extraordinary turn of event at a moment when President Trump has already ordered a Justice Department investigation into the organization.

Democrats are nervous that any additional upheaval at ActBlue could destabilize the critical fundraising apparatus ahead of the midterm elections.

All levels of Democratic candidates...

from incumbent presidents to school board aspirants, use ActBlue to raise campaign money from online donors.

The platform has processed, get this number,

nearly $19 billion, with a B, billion dollars in contributions since its founding in 2004, building a donor database with millions of credit card numbers that is unmatched in American politics.

Nearly 23,000 candidates and groups used the site in 2025, in one year, nearly 23,000 candidates and groups.

and raised almost $1.8 billion from 52 million contributions, some of which recur every month.

And what is striking is the Covington memos said, and here's the really killer sentence,

It can be alleged that ActBlue accepted and or facilitated the acceptance of foreign national contributions into American elections.

In addition, because ActBlue's staff was aware that its system was not as robust as necessary,

It could be alleged that these violations were knowing and willful, a standard that both increases the penalties the FEC might seek and gives the Justice Department jurisdiction for a potential criminal investigation.

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.