ActBlue officials must face Congress as House, DOJ probe widespread fraud on Dem fundraising platform

WASHINGTON — ActBlue officials are being summoned to testify before House Republicans about potential “widespread” fraud on the massive Democratic fundraising platform, according to subpoena letters obtained by The Post — amid a parallel probe by President Trump’s Department of Justice.A current ActBlue senior workflow specialist, who is unidentified, and former vice president of customer service Alyssa Twomey were sent the summonses on Wednesday from the GOP chairmen of the House Oversight, Judiciary and Administration committees, the letters show.Both of the lefty officials had been prepared for voluntary interviews with the committee chairs before Trump authorized Attorney General Pam Bondi to investigate “the unlawful use of online fundraising platforms to make ‘straw’ or ‘dummy’ contributions.”Danny Onorato, a lawyer for the ActBlue employees, swiftly responded with an appeal to “withdraw requests for transcribed interviews until the Department of Justice completes its investigation or clarifies its position with respect to our clients,” according to the letters.The DOJ probe, first revealed in the pair of letters, had been requested by Trump in an executive order signed April 24, which mandated a report on the alleged ActBlue fraud within 180 days.“Many congressional investigations have occurred in parallel to Executive Branch investigations of the same or related matters,” wrote Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), Oversight Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) and Administration Chairman Bryan Steil (R-Wis.), pointing to court precedents.The ActBlue lawyer’s request “amounts to a demand that the Committees forgo testimony that is potentially critical to our legislative oversight,” the GOP chairmen also said, accusing ActBlue of having “a fundamentally unserious approach to fraud prevention” in the last election cycle.“Congress has a specific interest in ensuring that bad actors, including foreign actors, cannot make fraud...