Top ActBlue Staff Walk Out Amidst Investigations

ActBlue, the Democratic Party’s primary fundraising platform, is engulfed in turmoil following the resignation of at least seven senior officials. The walkouts come amid an investigation led by Republican members of Congress into the platform’s security and fraud-prevention protocols, with particular attention to illegal, foreign contributions.

Noteworthy departures include the associate general counsel and the chief revenue officer. The situation has implications for the Democratic Party’s fundraising capabilities, given ActBlue’s significant contributions, totaling over $16 billion, to Democratic campaigns since its inception in 2004.

Zain Ahmad, who remains as the sole attorney in ActBlue’s general counsel’s office since February 26, has accused the organization of retaliating against him. He claims the company restricted his access to email and internal systems and deleted certain communications on the Slack internal company messaging platform.

Reacting to these developments, two unions representing ActBlue employees described Ahmad’s allegations as “unsettling and disturbing,” highlighting what they termed a “growing pattern of volatility and toxicity” under current leadership.

In a communication to ActBlue’s board of directors, the unions called for an independent investigation to review the leadership’s performance and the organization’s overall stability. […]

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