Trump targets Democratic fundraising platform ActBlue with memorandum

President directs attorney general to investigate supposed foreign contributions, an unsubstantiated rightwing claim

The Republican president is taking aim at a Democratic fundraising platform, issuing a presidential memorandum to crack down on supposed foreign contributions to elections, an unsubstantiated claim from the right..

Donald Trump announced the memo on Thursday, directing the attorney general to investigate, and report to the president, concerning allegations regarding the use of online fundraising platforms to make straw' or dummy' contributions and to make foreign contributions to US political candidates and committees, all of which break the law".