‘Serious loophole’: GOP widens probe into ActBlue, Dem fundraising platform helping Harris raise millions

FIRST ON FOX: A key House committee is widening its probe into the major Democratic fundraising platform ActBlue.

Rep. Bryan Steil, R-Wis., who chairs the Committee on House Administration, is investigating ActBlue over accusations it’s skirting campaign donation laws that allow for rampant fraud on the site.

In a letter sent to top officials on the Federal Election Commission (FEC) on Monday, Steil urged them to "immediately initiate an emergency rulemaking to require political campaigns to verify the card verification value (‘CVV’) of donors who contribute online using a credit or debit card, and to prohibit political campaigns from accepting online contributions from a gift card or other prepaid credit cards."

Republicans on the committee and other GOP officials have for months accused ActBlue of lax donor verification standards.

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"Following widespread allegations of fraudulent donations being reported to the FEC by ActBlue, one of the largest fundraising platforms in the country, this emergency rulemaking is necessary to reassure the American people that ActBlue is taking the necessary steps to protect its donors," Steil wrote.

According to his committee, whistleblowers who approached the panel in recent weeks have accused ActBlue of deliberately not using CVV numbers for donations to reduce the bar for verification.

Whistleblowers have also reported the receipt of a significant number of donations from retirees living on a fixed income, and hundreds of donations of $2.50 from the same individual, according to the committee.

The site has been used to raise millions of dollars for Vice President Kamala Harris as she seeks to take on former President