The campaign of Rep. Jen Kiggans (R-VA) said Wednesday that Democratic challenger Elaine Luria’s fundraising through ActBlue has channeled illegal contributions into Democratic campaign accounts, pointing to a new congressional report that accuses the platform of covering up fraudulent donations.
In a press release, the Kiggans campaign linked the accusation to findings released this week by three House committees and called on Luria to cut ties with the platform, which Democratic candidates nationwide use to raise money.
Kiggans campaign spokesman Calvin Moore said Luria’s use of ActBlue undercuts her ethics messaging.
“Elaine Luria claims she wants to ‘reel Washington corruption back in’ but has no problems getting rich trading stocks in office or allowing her top vendors to funnel illegal campaign contributions into campaign accounts,” Moore said. “Virginians deserve to know how much of Luria’s war chest is bankrolled by these illicit funds, and whether she will finally sever ties to her corrupt campaign vendor.”
The campaign cited “Fraud on ActBlue, Part III,” a joint interim staff report published Wednesday by the House Judiciary, Administration, and Oversight committees. The report alleges the platform loosened its fraud safeguards and told employees to accept contributions that had previously been flagged as possible illegal foreign donations, citing an internal policy to “give the benefit of the doubt to the donor.”
A Yearlong Investigation
The report is the latest development in a congressional probe into ActBlue that has stretched on for more than a year. ActBlue CEO Regina Wallace-Jones invoked her Fifth Amendment rights repeatedly during a June hearing when Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) pressed her on the platform’s fraud controls.
“Your board chairman said 38 million contributions in 2024 had the signs of foreign origin,” Jordan said at the hearing. “How much fraud is too much fraud?”
A previous report in the investigation found that five current or former ActBlue employees invoked the Fifth Amendment 146 times combined during depositions with investigators. That report also detailed the breakup of the platform’s legal and compliance team, every member of which had resigned, been fired, or gone on leave by March 2025.
ActBlue has denied any wrongdoing, describing the latest report as a “political stunt” and accusing President Donald Trump and his allies of targeting the company. ActBlue has said a third-party analysis found that nearly every dollar raised in 2023 came from a donor who supplied a U.S. address or passport number.
A Rematch in a Toss-Up District
Virginia’s 2nd Congressional District is considered one of the most competitive House races in the country in 2026. Luria represented the seat from 2019 to 2023 before losing to Kiggans, and the two are now facing off again.
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