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Do the ActBlue CEO's Smug and BRIEF Non-Responses to Reps' Questions About Dems and Fraud Ring Any Bells?

The CEO of Democratic Party fundraising organization ActBlue, Regina Wallace-Jones, was called to testify before a House committee. Considering all the fraud we've been seeing uncovered around the country, fresh allegations are very easy to believe. ActBlue said their group is as clean as a whistle: 

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As a result of ActBlue having done nothing wrong at all, obviously their CEO was happy to answer any and all questions. 

Wait, that's not what happened. Committee members weren't going to get any information out of her because she went full Lois Lerner on them: 

The CEO of the largest Democratic fundraising platform pleaded the Fifth Amendment Wednesday rather than testify before Congress about allegations that her firm illegally funneled foreign donations to federal campaigns. 

“On the advice of my counsel, I respectfully decline to answer this question pursuant to my Fifth Amendment rights under the Constitution,” ActBlue boss Regina Wallace-Jones said in response to the first question posed during the House hearing. 

House Administration Committee Chairman Bryan Steil (R-Wis.) said in his opening remarks there was “significant concern that ActBlue may have allowed foreign donations on their platform, lied to Congress and withheld responsive documents from a congressional subpoena.”

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The ActBlue CEO ended up taking more fifths than Ted Kennedy at an open bar campaign party back in the day. Not only that, but Wallace-Jones appeared smug in the process: 

The 2A (wait, make that 5A!) statements went on and on: 

Could a Republican at least get Wallace-Jones to confirm what she'd like to be called? Nope: 

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She seemed just a tad arrogant as well. 

Wallace-Jones looked like somebody who's convinced nothing's going to happen as a result of these investigations and hearings. 

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