Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) sought information in a Wednesday hearing from a top Treasury Department official on why the agency has stonewalled investigating top Democratic fundraising platform ActBlue for boosting an anti-Israel group accused of being linked to terrorism.
In September 2023, Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) asked the FBI and Treasury Department to review whether ActBlue Charities Inc., violated federal law after a Washington Examiner report on the platform cutting ties with the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel, a founding member of the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions National Committee. However, the agency has not replied to Issa, a fact that prompted Lawler to grill Treasury Undersecretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Brian Nelson in a House Financial Services Committee hearing.
“ActBlue Charities allowed the Palestinian Campaign for the
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