“Plaintiff did not make, authorize, or consent to these donations to the ActBlue Campaigns," the lawsuit against a John Doe donor declared.
Mark Block has been consulting for Republicans for years. So when he discovered an old email account he used for the 2012 Herman Cain presidential campaign was receiving receipts for donations to Democrat candidates like Kamala Harris, he became alarmed.
The discovery led Block -- a stalwart Republican -- and his lawyers on a journey that escalated Monday evening when he filed a groundbreaking lawsuit in the Wisconsin state courts under civil racketeering laws, alleging he is a victim of identity theft in a conspiracy to abuse the massive ActBlue fundraising platform.
That platform is designed to benefit Democrats with small donations under $200 that evade Federal Election Commission reporting requirements, the suit stated.
Block’s litigation — which called the misuse of his Personally Identifiable Information (PII) “smurfing” — mirrors allegations that the House Administration Committee uncovered during a recent computer analysis that identified tens of thousands of suspicious donations placed through the ActBlue platform that appear to come from people who do not have the means to give large amounts of money.
Committee Chairman Bryan Steil referred the matter to attorneys general in five states, and that investigation has now expanded to 19 states in what is poised to become one of the larger fundraising controversies in modern American history.
“Bad actors can influence elections by laundering their ‘smurfing’ activities (i.e., making contributions via the PII of numerous donors or “smurfs”) through these anonymous bulk reports,” Block’s lawsuit filed in Waukesha County Circuit Court declared.
You can read the lawsuit here:
https://justthenews.com/sites/default/files/2024-10/1.%20Summons%20and%20Complaint%20with%20Ex.%20A.pdf
https://justthenews.com/accountability/political-ethics/tuegop-consultant-files-lawsuit-alleging-his-id-fraudulently-used
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