House GOP demands records from ex-ActBlue legal firm that authored memo on alleged foreign donations

WASHINGTON — House Republican committee chairmen are demanding records from a law firm that formerly worked on behalf of ActBlue but was fired and then allegedly “smeared” by the Democratic fundraising platform for sounding the alarm about potentially foreign donations flowing to campaigns.In a Thursday letter, House GOP chairmen on of the Administration, Judiciary and Oversight Committees wrote to Covington & Burling partner Dana Remus to request documents and communications “referring or relating to the potential or actual use of ActBlue to make fraudulent or illegal political contributions.”“We have received the letter, and the firm is reviewing it,” a Covington & Burling spokesperson told The Post.Remus’ firm issued a memo to ActBlue in early 2025 that warned the fundraising platform’s shifting fraud standards “be alleged that ActBlue accepted and/or facilitated the acceptance of foreign-national contributions into American elections,” in violation of federal law, according to The New York Times.Another Covington & Burling memo indicated ActBlue CEO Regina Wallace-Jones may have “false or misleading” statements to the Republican committees about its fraud vetting, per The Times.“After you delivered these warnings, ActBlue reportedly ‘terminated’ its relationship with you and smeared you publicly,” the letter stated.“Because you have firsthand information about ActBlue’s response to allegations of pervasive fraud on its platform, the Committees write to request your voluntary cooperation with our oversight efforts.”Federal law prohibits non-citizens from donating to election campaigns.“As a result of ActBlue’s continued obstruction of this investigation, the Committees are seeking to obtain information necessary to our oversight from other sources,” the letter said.All records from Remus have been requested by July 9.On Monday, the three GOP committees threatened contempt proceedings if ActBlue doesn’t r...