ActBlue, the main fundraising tool for Democrats, announced new security steps on Monday. This came just days after House investigators accused the group of taking foreign money for U.S. campaigns. The platform says it is now adding a “passport verification program” to its systems. This move follows a letter sent to the House by the company’s attorneys.
The letter describes the change as part of an “ongoing investment in the security of contributions processed from donors located abroad,” according to Fox News. The platform had previously paused donations from Americans living overseas in 2025. Now they say this new step allows those citizens to give again.
House Republicans have long claimed ActBlue did not check donors enough. They worry illegitimate donations are slipping through the cracks. A recent report first shared by Fox News Digital showed employees approving gifts even when questions existed about the source.
The core issue involves how the company checks passport numbers. The report states the field only needed the right number of characters to accept a donation. It did not require a valid code from the government. ActBlue’s new system claims to fix this by using “best available technology” to verify identity.
R-Wis Bryan Steil serves as Chairman of the Committee on House Administration., viewed the new rules as a major admission. He told Fox News Digital that the decision “amounted to a confession.According to Fox News, Steil claimed the new program merely checks character count in passport numbers rather than validating them as genuine U.S. passports.
He remarked that this action verifies the platform’s anti-fraud safeguards were less effective than ActBlue CEO Regina Wallace-Jones informed Congress. We will continue to demand answers.” The investigation has already led to many top figures at the company pleading the Fifth Amendment. These executives and founders refused to answer questions in both public and private meetings with the GOP-led committees.
ActBlue has consistently denied any wrongdoing in its past responses to investigators. However, the new letter admits the old system needed more layers of protection. The platform indicates its updated method incorporates passport identity checks to strengthen ActBlue’s existing multi-layered strategy against fraud and foreign contributions.
This statement comes as the company tries to resume processing contributions from foreign addresses. The letter claims these changes reflect “substantial engineering investments” to ensure compliance systems can withstand scrutiny. The debate now shifts to whether these new checks are enough to stop foreign cash from entering U.S. elections.
