Kimberly Peeler-Allen, a board member of the ActBlue Democratic fundraising organization, invoked her Fifth Amendment right not to incriminate herself while testifying during a House probe into alleged foreign donations to ActBlue, sources familiar with the testimony told Fox News.Allen's appearance on Capitol Hill came amidst a joint probe by the House Administration, Judiciary and Oversight Committees into allegations that ActBlue accepted illicit foreign donations and failed to prevent fraud.Allen's decision to plead the Fifth follows suit with ActBlue co-founder Matt DeBergalis, who pleaded the Fifth during his closed-door deposition in front of the same three committees on Aug.20.FAR-LEFT POLITICIANS STILL USING ACTBLUE AS 88-YEAR-OLD DISPUTES DONATING NEARLY $150,000 TO FUNDRAISING GIANTThe Committee on House Administration first opened a probe into ActBlue in 2023.
Chairman Bryan Steil, R-Wis., claimed the group could be potentially accepting foreign or fraudulent donations by neglecting to require a credit card CVV number for contributions.Kimberly Peeler-Allen, pictured second from the left, attending the 35th Annual Celebrating Women Breakfast at New York Marriott Marquis Hotel on May 11, 2022, in New York City.Peeler-Allen pleaded the Fifth Amendment on Sept.
1, 2026, during a probe into Democratic fundraising platform ActBlue, for which she is a member of the board of directors.(Monica Schipper/Getty Images for The New York Women's Foundation)Steil, in a Tuesday interview with Fox News' Mark Meredith, expressed consternation over the ActBlue-affiliated individuals' refusal to cooperate with the investigation.ACTBLUE SCRUTINY FUELS NEW GOP BILLS TO TIGHTEN ELECTION DONATION RULES"I've been frustrated, that individuals [in] ActBlue haven't answered our questions on the record," he told Meredith."We've had individuals come, in public testimony, and plead the Fifth.
They have a right to do that.And I understand why they did that.
But I think the American...