2026-09-01 14:53:38 美东夏令时 / 福克斯新闻
金伯利·皮勒-艾伦是第二位在国会联合调查中援引第五修正案权利的ActBlue相关人士
作者：罗伯特·麦格里维、马克·梅雷迪思 福克斯新闻
发布于2026年9月1日 下午2:53 美东夏令时
ActBlue董事会成员在国会调查期间拒答有关外国捐赠者的问题
ActBlue董事会成员金伯利·皮勒-艾伦保持沉默，此前福克斯新闻记者马克·梅雷迪思曾试图向她询问有关这个筹款平台涉嫌受外国势力影响的指控。
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据熟悉证词的消息人士向福克斯新闻透露，民主党筹款组织ActBlue的董事会成员金伯利·皮勒-艾伦在众议院针对ActBlue涉嫌收受外国捐款的调查作证时，援引了第五修正案中不自证其罪的权利。
艾伦在国会山作证之际，众议院行政委员会、司法委员会和监督委员会正联合调查ActBlue接受非法外国捐款、未能防范欺诈的指控。
艾伦援引第五修正案的做法与ActBlue联合创始人马特·德贝加利斯一致，后者于8月20日在同一三个委员会的闭门证词中援引了第五修正案。
极左翼政客仍在使用ActBlue，88岁老人就向这家筹款巨头捐赠近15万美元一事提出异议
众议院行政委员会于2023年首次启动对ActBlue的调查。该委员会主席、威斯康星州共和党议员布莱恩·斯蒂尔称，该组织可能因未要求捐款者提供信用卡CVV码而涉嫌接受外国或欺诈性捐款。
金伯利·皮勒-艾伦，图左二，于2022年5月11日在纽约市纽约万豪 Marquis 酒店出席第35届年度女性表彰早餐会。皮勒-艾伦于2026年9月1日在针对民主党筹款平台ActBlue的调查中援引第五修正案，她是该平台董事会成员。（莫妮卡·希珀/盖蒂图片社 为《纽约妇女基金会》拍摄）
斯蒂尔在周二接受福克斯新闻记者马克·梅雷迪思采访时，对ActBlue相关人士拒绝配合调查的行为表示担忧。
对ActBlue的审查推动共和党推出新法案，收紧选举捐款规则
“我感到沮丧的是，ActBlue的相关人士没有在公开场合回答我们的问题，”他告诉梅雷迪思。
“曾有人士在公开作证时援引第五修正案。他们有权这么做，我也理解他们这么做的原因。但我认为美国民众有权了解真实情况。ActBlue这家机构自成立以来已筹集了约200亿美元资金，并将这些资金投入民主党竞选活动和民主党事业。我们希望确保他们具备防欺诈措施，确保他们有防欺诈协议，防止外国资金流入美国选举，”他说道。
众议院行政委员会主席、威斯康星州共和党议员布莱恩·斯蒂尔于2026年6月10日在朗沃思大楼出席题为“防止欺诈性捐款：透明度、核查与问责”的众议院行政委员会听证会。当日作证的ActBlue首席执行官里贾纳·华莱士-琼斯援引了第五修正案特权。（汤姆·威廉姆斯/CQ-滚呼公司 via 盖蒂图片社）
众议院民主党人抨击共和党调查外国捐款的行动，就动机提出惊人主张
针对有关对ActBlue的调查具有党派性质的指控，斯蒂尔驳斥了这一说法。
“这项调查始于对在线筹款平台的审查，旨在确定这些平台是否设有防范外国资金流入美国选举的防欺诈程序。其中一家平台ActBlue曾被《纽约时报》指出误导或欺骗国会。我们正试图查清ActBlue内部到底发生了什么，正如公开报道中所呈现的那样，”他告诉梅雷迪思。
众议院关键委员会安排与陷入困境的ActBlue首席执行官举行听证会：“她需要坦白”
在4月的一篇调查报道中，《纽约时报》披露，ActBlue的法律顾问曾告知该组织，在致众议院共和党人的一封信中，ActBlue首席执行官里贾纳·华莱士-琼斯可能误导了议员。
报道称，在回应国会质询时，华莱士-琼斯将该组织确保捐款不来自外国的筛查流程描述为“多层级”的。
ActBlue首席执行官里贾纳·华莱士-琼斯于2026年6月10日在华盛顿特区准备出席众议院行政委员会题为“防止欺诈性捐款：透明度、核查与问责”的听证会。华莱士-琼斯在接受质询时援引了第五修正案。（汤姆·威廉姆斯/CQ-滚呼公司 via 盖蒂图片社）
得克萨斯州总检察长帕克斯顿起诉民主党筹款平台ActBlue，指控其“欺诈性及外国捐款”
不过，《纽约时报》指出，ActBlue的法律顾问曾告知他们，该组织并未始终遵循华莱士-琼斯在信中描述的步骤，称她的回应“给ActBlue带来了重大风险”。
华莱士-琼斯在6月向斯蒂尔所在委员会提交的证词中，也援引了第五修正案。
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Another ActBlue leader pleads Fifth as House investigates alleged foreign donations
2026-09-01 14:53:38 EDT / Fox News
Kimberly Peeler-Allen is the second ActBlue figure to invoke Fifth Amendment rights before the joint congressional probe
By Robert McGreevy, Mark Meredith Fox News
Published September 1, 2026 2:53pm EDT
ActBlue board member refuses to answer questions about foreign donors during congressional probe
ActBlue board member Kimberly Peeler Allen remains silent while Fox News’ Mark Meredith attempts to ask her questions about allegations of foreign influence on the fundraising platform.
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Kimberly Peeler-Allen, a board member of the ActBlue Democratic fundraising organization, invoked her Fifth Amendment right not to incriminate herself while testifying during a House probe into alleged foreign donations to ActBlue, sources familiar with the testimony told Fox News.
Allen’s appearance on Capitol Hill came amidst a joint probe by the House Administration, Judiciary and Oversight Committees into allegations that ActBlue accepted illicit foreign donations and failed to prevent fraud.
Allen’s decision to plead the Fifth follows suit with ActBlue co-founder Matt DeBergalis, who pleaded the Fifth during his closed-door deposition in front of the same three committees on Aug. 20.
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The Committee on House Administration first opened a probe into ActBlue in 2023. Chairman Bryan Steil, R-Wis., claimed the group could be potentially accepting foreign or fraudulent donations by neglecting to require a credit card CVV number for contributions.
Kimberly Peeler-Allen, pictured second from the left, attending the 35th Annual Celebrating Women® Breakfast at New York Marriott Marquis Hotel on May 11, 2022, in New York City. Peeler-Allen pleaded the Fifth Amendment on Sept. 1, 2026, during a probe into Democratic fundraising platform ActBlue, for which she is a member of the board of directors.(Monica Schipper/Getty Images for The New York Women’s Foundation)
Steil, in a Tuesday interview with Fox News’ Mark Meredith, expressed consternation over the ActBlue-affiliated individuals’ refusal to cooperate with the investigation.
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“I’ve been frustrated, that individuals in ActBlue haven’t answered our questions on the record,” he told Meredith.
“We’ve had individuals come, in public testimony, and plead the Fifth. They have a right to do that. And I understand why they did that. But I think the American people deserve to know exactly what’s going on. We have an entity here with ActBlue, that has raised roughly $20 billion since its creation. And moved that into Democratic campaigns and Democratic causes. We want to make sure that they have the fraud preventions. We want to make sure that they have the fraud prevention protocols in place to make sure that foreign funds are not coming into U.S. elections,” he said.
Chairman Bryan Steil, R-Wis., arrives for the House Administration Committee hearing titled “Preventing Fraudulent Donations: Transparency, Verification, and Accountability,” in Longworth building on Wednesday, June 10, 2026. The witness, Regina Wallace-Jones, CEO of ActBlue, invoked her Fifth Amendment privilege.(Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
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Responding to allegations that the investigation into ActBlue is partisan in nature, Steil rebuked the notion.
“This investigation began is a review of online fundraising platforms and a determination whether or not those platforms had fraud prevention programs in place to prevent foreign funds from coming into U.S. elections. One of those, ActBlue, has been called out by The New York Times for having misled or lied to Congress. We’re trying to get to the bottom of that exactly what has been taking place inside Act Blue, per the public reporting,” he told Meredith.
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In an April investigative report, The New York Times revealed that ActBlue’s legal counsel advised the organization that, in a letter to House Republicans, ActBlue’s chief executive Regina Wallace-Jones may have misled lawmakers.
Responding to a congressional inquiry, Wallace-Jones characterized the organization’s screening process to ensure its donations were not foreign as “multilayered,” according to the report.
ActBlue CEO Regina Wallace-Jones prepares to testify before the House Administration Committee’s hearing on “Preventing Fraudulent Donations: Transparency, Verification, and Accountability” in Washington, D.C., on June 10, 2026. Wallace-Jones invoked the Fifth Amendment during questioning.(Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
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The Times, however, noted that ActBlue’s counsel advised them that they didn’t always follow the steps Wallace-Jones described in her letter, calling her response “a substantial risk for ActBlue.”
Wallace-Jones, in her own deposition to Steil’s committee in June, also pleaded the Fifth.
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