LOADING ERROR LOADINGPresident Donald Trump issued a memorandum on Thursday ordering the Department of Justice to investigate online political fundraising platforms with the intent of targeting Democratic Party fundraising platform ActBlue. This, however, is the first time that he has taken aim at a part of the machinery of the Democratic Party. It is the clearest effort yet by Trump to use the power of the presidency to destabilize and hobble his political opposition. Over the next 20 years, it grew into the main platform used by nearly all Democratic Party politicians and party committees to raise political contributions. ActBlue reports raising over $16 billion for Democratic candidates, party committees and other causes in the 21 years since its founding.
