ActBlue sues Ken Paxton for ‘retaliation’ over donation vetting lawsuit
ActBlue says Paxton is retaliating against its Democratic fundraising, as the platform cites $19 billion raised and First Amendment protections.
- On Friday, Democratic fundraising platform ActBlue sued Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in Boston federal court, seeking to block his ongoing investigations and litigation as unconstitutional political retaliation.
- Paxton filed a state lawsuit on April 20 alleging ActBlue misled the public through gift card donations that conceal donor identities and enable improper foreign contributions.
- The lawsuit claims investigators were dispatched the day after U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico announced raising more than $2 million in 24 hours through ActBlue, suggesting retaliatory timing.
- ActBlue's lawyers called the Texas case rife with "false and inflammatory allegations," writing that Paxton's targeting violates the Constitution and "must not be tolerated."
- The conflict stems from Republican-backed probes into ActBlue, which has raised $19 billion for Democratic causes since 2004, following President Donald Trump's directive to the Justice Department to investigate the platform.
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ActBlue sues Texas AG Ken Paxton, alleging political retaliation over Democrats' fundraising
Democratic fundraising platform ActBlue is suing Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, accusing the Republican of using his office for "retaliation" to punish the group for its political work and asking a federal judge to block his investigations and litigation against the organization."ActBlue is trying to take me down," Paxton, who is running for Senate in Texas, wrote on X. "I sued the fundraising platform for deceiving Americans by lying about …
ActBlue Races to Federal Court to Block Ken Paxton
ActBlue, the online fundraising platform that powers the vast majority of Democratic campaign donations, has filed a federal lawsuit against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. The goal: shut down his investigation and block the state civil action he brought against the platform in April. Paxton’s original suit alleged that ActBlue violated state laws by allowing donation processes vulnerable to fraudulent and foreign contributions. Now ActBlue i…
Democratic donor platform ActBlue countersues AG Ken Paxton alleging a politically motivated attack
By Eleanor Klibanoff, The Texas Tribune April 20, 2026 ActBlue, a political donations platform that is primarily used by Democratic candidates, has sued Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, alleging that the series of investigations and litigation Paxton has initiated against the company is politically motivated. Paxton filed a lawsuit against ActBlue in late April, claiming that ActBlue allows improper donations from people outside the United Sta…
ActBlue sues Ken Paxton for ‘retaliation’ over donation vetting lawsuit
ActBlue is suing Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R), arguing that his investigation and a separate lawsuit into the progressive fundraising platform amount to political retaliation for its role in raising money for Democratic candidates and causes. The lawyers representing the platform asked a federal court in Massachusetts on Friday to stop Paxton from pursuing…
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