Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sent a criminal referral to the Department of Justice following his investigation into popular progressive fundraising platform, ActBlue.
With Election Day just around the corner, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton fired off a criminal referral against the Biden administration's Department of Justice alleging that a popular progressive fundraising platform was interfering in the presidential election. 'My investigation uncovered evidence showing that bad actors are likely using ActBlue's platform to make illegal campaign contributions.
The Texas attorney general wrote in a letter penned to Attorney General Merrick Garland that his office discovered 'highly suspicious campaign contributions' made through the online political committee contribution platform. 'That investigation has uncovered alarming evidence showing that anonymous actors are systematically making contribution through ActBlue's platform in the name of other people,' Paxton wrote.
have made a criminal referral to the U.S. Department of Justice based on the findings from our investigation into ActBlue. My investigation uncovered evidence showing that bad actors are likely using ActBlue’s platform to make illegal campaign contributions,' Paxton said in a statement. 'It is illegal to engage in election fraud and it is illegal to obscure one’s identity to flout election rules.
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