In a newly unearthed video, O’Keefe Media Group posted hidden camera footage of a woman who has had hundreds of thousands of dollars donated in her name to ActBlue, which is a pass-through organization that directs pooled funds to progressive candidates. In response to the unprecedented evidence of financial impropriety at ActBlue, South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson wrote a scathing letter demolishing the progressive fundraising giant.
For context, O’Keefe Media Group was founded by James O’Keefe, a courageous investigative journalist best known for his work with Project Veritas, who conducts undercover investigations often targeting woke groups, progressive media outlets, and Democratic politicians.
The shocking video, posted by O’Keefe Media Group on June 2, 2023, features an undercover journalist speaking to a perplexed woman. After he asked her about the donations made in her name, she replied, “I don’t remember giving hundreds of dollars [to ActBlue]. I don’t know what to do now. I should think I would have been suspicious and they would have gotten in touch with me.”
In response to her confusion, the intrepid journalist explained the scope of the alleged fraud. He said, “Most interesting is that her giving goes from $15 to $5,000 in the past two years. [It says] that you gave 5,300 times. Does that number make sense? 5,300 times? …$86,708. Does that number make sense to you? In ’21 and ’22, you think you gave over $30,000?”
After that stunning revelation, the woman was clearly disturbed. While she said she might have given a small amount, the donations attributed to her are absurd. She replied, “No, I don’t give even $200…I don’t remember giving hundreds of dollars to [them]. I was giving more like $10; I don’t remember hundreds.”
Still not done, he added that these fraudulent donations could explain why ActBlue has repeatedly thanked her for lavish contributions. The woman stated, “No wonder they keep contacting me as if, as if, and they keep giving me like recognition, as I’m one of the best that they have, and this and that that’s well, I don’t know what to now.”
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With respect to these shady dealings, South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson wrote a letter investigating whether ActBlue benefited from money laundering. He wrote, “Alarmingly, some of these individuals list their occupations as ‘unemployed’ or report jobs that could not be reasonably commensurate with the total amount of financial contributions made by others in similar positions. The allegations also raise the question of whether contributions were made without the reported donors’ consent or awareness, which is equally troubling.”
Concluding, the courageous AG explored the alleged money laundering. He said, “It has come to my attention that these alleged activities may include ‘smurfing,’ a money laundering technique where large sums of money are ‘donated’ to a political candidate (or committee), and are broken down through smaller, less conspicuous amounts. Based on publicly accessible information, some individual donors in South Carolina have purportedly donated funds through ActBlue in prolific volumes that appear implausible and highly suspicious.”