Attorney General Ken Paxton has announced that, amid an investigation by his office, Democrat fundraising catalyst ActBlue has changed its contribution security requirements.
Security codes will now be needed to donate by credit card.
Following the office’s investigation into alleged donation fraud at ActBlue, the attorney general demanded a supplemental civil investigation to acquire more information.
“ActBlue has cooperated with our ongoing investigation,” said Paxton. “They have changed their requirements to now include ‘CVV’ codes for donations on their platform. This is a critical change that can help prevent fraudulent donations.”
The attorney general asserted that enforcing the law to safeguard election integrity remains of the utmost importance.
“Certain features of campaign finance law may incentivize bad actors to use platforms like ActBlue to covertly move money to political campaigns to evade legal requirements,” he said.
Paxton then reiterated that suspicious activity on fundraising platforms must be thoroughly scrutinized to ensure that no laws have been broken.
O’Keefe Media Group CEO and investigative journalist James O’Keefe unearthed one instance in Texas where a woman named Barbara Staples denied making thousands of donations to ActBlue.
From Spring, Texas, Staples was noted by ActBlue as making 1,600 donations to the organization. All donations added up to $13,000. ActBlue claimed she made 53 transactions in a single day.
“No, there’s no way I had made all those,” Staples had told O’Keefe.
