You can view the FEC Commission and leave comments. here.
Last month, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton asked the Justice Department to investigate the organization after finding evidence that fraudulent donations were laundered through ActBlue. Gateway Pundit reported that Paxton uncovered a network of potentially illegal donations made using false identities and untraceable payment methods.
ActBlue’s smurfing scheme was previously discovered by Peter Bernegger of ElectionWatch.info and reported by James O’Keefe of O’Keefe Media Group. The scheme involves using the identities of thousands of retired seniors to “donate” thousands of small donations. When Mr. O’Keefe met some of his major donors, they were shocked to learn that the donations had been made on their behalf.
Not only is this scheme identity theft, but it can also have tax consequences for unsuspecting victims of this scam.
AG Paxton October 2024 and beyond letter It asked the Department of Justice to investigate and the Federal Election Commission (FEC) to recommend rule changes, and the FEC asked for public comment on “.Donations via untraceable electronic payment methods.”
According to public records, the Commission is seeking adoption of two amendments to 11 CFR 104.14 regarding the use of credit cards for donations. It says:
First, the petition must include documentation confirming that records of donations made by credit card, debit card, prepaid card, or gift card have been cross-checked with the donor’s self-declaration. We are seeking an amendment to 11 CFR 104.14(b)(5), which provides that: Identify card issuer proprietary information and information regarding the cardholder’s name and billing address.
Second, the petition provides that donations from prepaid or gift cards cannot be accepted unless the information from the prepaid or gift card can be verified by name and name against the card issuing institution, 11 CFR 104.14. (e) is requested to be amended. Billing address required under the proposed amendments to 11 CFR 104.14(b)(5).
Public comments will begin on November 26 and will be accepted until January 27, 2025. You can leave public comments. here.
These rule changes could be challenged in court after the Chevron decision was overturned by the Supreme Court earlier this year. Or they were ignored completely (although ActBlue started requiring CVV captures on their website).
Rather than relying on the FEC to change the rules, Congress could simply pass the next bill. CVV methodfiled by Sen. Marco Rubio in February 2023. The bill, which is a simple sentence requiring the acquisition of a CVV number, similar to the standard for telephone and internet-based credit card transactions, is in committee. More than two years without voting.
The bill simply says:
In the case of Internet credit card donations accepted by the organization, the person or entity making such donation will have the credit verification value of such credit card at the time the donation is made.
Former Polish politician Piotr Krupa claimed last week that half of US aid to Ukraine was laundered by US Democrats. This claim is supported by an investigation into cryptocurrency platform FTX and its founder Sam Bankman-Fried.
But even before Krupa’s claims, Peter Bernegger made similar claims on his podcast Why We Vote. That means money is flowing from China and Ukraine through the U.S. Treasury and into campaign coffers. However, Barnegger said these illegal donations pass through several NGOs and non-profits on their way to the campaign, who take a 3.95% cut.
Illustrating government inefficiency as the Federal Election Commission begins public comment on changes to rules on how credit card contributions are processed, including one that would require CVV numbers. Several points are worth noting. pic.twitter.com/wYD6aC3Mvq
— CannCon (@CannConActual) November 29, 2024
According to votingpediathe 2024 presidential campaign for President Trump, the second-even a little It raised the most money ($391 million) of any campaign dating back to 2008, while Kamala Harris raised the second most ($1 billion). Joe Biden’s 2020 campaign raised $1.02 billion, the most in that period, followed by Obama in 2008 and Obama in 2012 with $900 million and $800 million, respectively. .
