House Administration Committee Chairman Bryan Steil expands probe of donations through ActBlue

House Administration Committee Chairman Bryan Steil, R-Wis., expanded his investigation into online political donations through ActBlue on Monday.

"Illegal and malicious conduct have no place in our elections. Ensuring all parties are complying with federal election law as we approach a presidential election is of utmost importance. By launching a new phase of our investigation into ActBlue, the Committee on House Administration has begun robust oversight of ActBlue's lenient donor verification standards," he said in a statement. "I'm committed to ensuring Americans can have confidence in our elections and to preventing foreign or malicious actors from influencing American elections."

Steil wrote to Federal Election Commission (FEC) Chairman Sean Cooksey and Vice Chair Ellen Weintraub "requesting the FEC immediately initiate an emergency rulemaking process to require political campaigns verify the card verification value (CVV) of donors who contribute online and a rulemaking to prohibit political committees from accepting online contributions from gift cards or credit and debit cards."