ActBlue C.E.O. Invokes Fifth Amendment Repeatedly in Testimony to Congress
The New York Times • • nation
Key Points:
- Regina Wallace-Jones, chief executive of ActBlue, invoked her Fifth Amendment rights and refused to answer questions from a Republican-led House committee investigating the organization's vetting of foreign donations.
- Wallace-Jones declined to testify 22 times during the House Administration Committee hearing, including on basic questions about her identity.
- Democrats at the hearing did not question Wallace-Jones but instead criticized the Republican fundraising platform WinRed and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who is investigating ActBlue.
- The investigation intensified after The New York Times reported that ActBlue’s lawyers warned Wallace-Jones she may have misled Congress about the organization's foreign donation vetting process.
- ActBlue is a major Democratic fundraising platform, having raised nearly $1.8 billion from 52 million contributions in 2025 and serving nearly 23,000 candidates and groups.