The CEO of the largest Democratic fundraising platform couldn’t answer Congress’ easiest questions during a hearing Wednesday, pleading the Fifth even when asked to clarify her last name.
The Republican-led Committee on House Administration held a hearing on alleged fraudulent donation operations by ActBlue, a Democrat-aligned fundraising platform that has funneled over $19 billion to Democrat political campaigns since its founding in 2004.
ActBlue CEO Regina Wallace-Jones refused to answer any questions posed by House lawmakers, invoking her Fifth Amendment right to remain silent a total of 22 times. (RELATED: Democrats Stay Mum On Keeping Indicted Lawmaker’s Campaign Cash)
When Republican Georgia Rep. Barry Loudermilk asked, “I want to make sure I’m respectful: Is it Ms. Jones or Ms. Wallace-Jones?”, the CEO could not reply.
“On the advice of counsel, I respectfully decline to answer the question pursuant to my Fifth Amendment rights under the Constitution,” Wallace-Jones answered. While there are conditions under which someone can answer specific questions and still maintain their Fifth Amendment rights, in general, attorneys tend to advise clients to plead the Fifth to even basic questions to avoid a judgment waiving the right.
🚨WATCH: @RepLoudermilk is STUNNED after ActBlue CEO Regina Wallace-Jones pleads the Fifth to a question clarifying her name.
“Okay, wow. Didn’t expect that one.” pic.twitter.com/MRJDqYh3l8
— Off The Press (@OffThePress1) June 10, 2026
The hearing follows a congressional staff report released in late April that detailed ActBlue’s alleged “knowing and willful” acceptance of illegal foreign donations during the 2024 campaign cycle and its subsequent coverup of the activity.
The 2026 report revealed that “every member of ActBlue’s legal and compliance team resigned, was fired, or went on extended leave from the platform.” Subsequent media reports alleged that the “mass exodus” was due to the company’s illegal donation operations, according to the report.
An earlier 2025 congressional staff report alleged that two 2024 policy changes made by ActBlue “resulted in more fraudulent donations on the platform.” The company attempted to hide the changes to avoid speculation of fraud, according to the report.
The 2025 report alleged that an ActBlue training guide instructed employees to “look for reasons to accept contributions,” rather than maintain vigilance about suspicious donations.
The Committee on House Administration first opened its investigation of ActBlue in Oct. 2023. ActBlue’s response, signed by Wallace-Jones, “made material misrepresentations about ActBlue’s processes for deterring illegal foreign donations,” according to the 2026 report. The company subsequently withheld documents after the committee’s July 2025 subpoenas.
Wallace-Jones’ 2023 letter to the committee chair, Republican Wisconsin Rep. Bryan Steil, assured Congress that “[o]nly donations with passport information are processed.” (RELATED: House Sends Major Immigration Enforcement Bill To Trump’s Desk After Weaponization Fund Slowed Down Process)
ActBlue’s own lawyers later warned Wallace-Jones that the statements in her letter could be viewed as false or deliberately concealing, The New York Times reported.
Republican committee members asked Wallace-Jones pointed questions during the Wednesday hearing. Rep. Steil asked, “Ms. Wallace-Jones, when you signed this letter to me, did you believe that this letter was false and misleading?” Wallace-Jones pleaded the Fifth in response.
The CEO published an op-ed in The Washington Post ahead of her Congressional appearance announcing her intention to invoke her Fifth Amendment right. “Silence in response to bad-faith action is not retreat — it is a bedrock American right,” she wrote.
ActBlue directed the Daily Caller to The Washington Post op-ed and a press release from House Democrats on alleged WinRed fraud.
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