The chief executive of ActBlue, whose lawyers warned her that she might have misled Congress about how the Democratic fund-raising organization vetted its foreign donations, invoked her Fifth Amendment rights and declined to answer questions from a Republican-led House committee on Wednesday. Over and over, the chief executive, Regina Wallace-Jones, declined to engage with questions from Republicans on the House Administration Committee. She had agreed to appear on Wednesday morning to discuss the committee’s investigation into the operations of ActBlue, which serves as the small-dollar financial engine of the Democratic Party and its candidates. She invoked her Fifth Amendment right not to testify 22 times in response to questions from House Republicans, including when Representative Barry Loudermilk of Georgia asked whether she went by Ms. Wallace-Jones or Ms. Jones. Show more Show less
'TRUMP'S DOJ HARASSED Lisa Cook…': Rep. Sewell UNLOADS on GOP in FIERY ActBlue fraud hearing
The chief executive of ActBlue, whose lawyers warned her that she might have misled Congress about how the Democratic fund-raising organization vetted its foreign donations, invoked her Fifth Amendment rights and declined to answer questions from a Republican-led House committee on Wednesday. Over and over, the chief executive, Regina Wallace-Jones, declined to engage with questions from Republicans on the House Administration Committee. She had agreed to appear on Wednesday morning to discuss the committee’s investigation into the operations of ActBlue, which serves as the small-dollar financial engine of the Democratic Party and its candidates. She invoked her Fifth Amendment right not to testify 22 times in response to questions from House Republicans, including when Representative Barry Loudermilk of Georgia asked whether she went by Ms. Wallace-Jones or Ms. Jones.
