ActBlue cofounder pleads the Fifth during House deposition
ActBlue cofounder Matt DeBergalis invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination multiple times on Thursday during a closed-door deposition in a congressional investigation of the Democratic fundraising platform.
TL;DR
- ActBlue cofounder Matt DeBergalis invoked his Fifth Amendment right multiple times during a congressional deposition.
- The deposition is part of a Republican-led inquiry into ActBlue's fraud-prevention practices.
- Lawmakers question whether ActBlue allowed fraudulent or foreign donations into U.S. political campaigns.
- Previous investigations have focused on ActBlue's donor verification practices, including the mandatory CVV verification.
- A report indicated that ActBlue employees were aware of platform exploitation but did not treat the threat seriously.
- ActBlue's current CEO, Regina Wallace-Jones, also invoked the Fifth Amendment in a previous hearing.
- The investigation is seen by Democrats as a partisan effort to weaken their campaign finance infrastructure before the midterm elections.