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GOP leaders flood social media with the raw number of times ActBlue staff invoked the Fifth, claiming it proves massive donor fraud despite offering no corroborating documents or court findings. Repeating the statistic without context weaponizes legal rights to insinuate guilt, casting a shadow over Democratic fundraising and, by extension, election legitimacy.

8 gov accounts · 9 gov posts First seen: April 20, 2026 at 20:23 UTC Actblue · 146 Times · 146 · Employees · Fifth · Actblue Employees

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Government origin 100%

GOP leaders flood social media with the raw number of times ActBlue staff invoked the Fifth, claiming it proves massive donor fraud despite offering no corroborating documents or court findings. Repeating the statistic without context weaponizes legal rights to insinuate guilt, casting a shadow over Democratic fundraising and, by extension, election legitimacy.

Original talking point · 8 gov accounts
Closest echo 64%

ActBlue Employees Invoked Fifth Amendment 146 Times During House Probe The House Administration, Oversight, and Judiciary Committees has released a joint interim staff report on its investigation into alleged donor fraud by ActBlue. https://t.co/FQYe6YZ2kJ

Twitter · Barbara Col · 21h after origin · source →
Most drifted echo 45%

@NASAJPL @NASA ActBlue Employees Invoked Fifth Amendment 146 Times During House Probe https://t.co/NgriQch92L

Twitter · 2Lee · 21h after origin · source →

Echo Posts

Non-government posts and articles echoing this talking point, sorted by date

Twitter Barbara Col @babsieBC 5mo ago 64%

ActBlue Employees Invoked Fifth Amendment 146 Times During House Probe The House Administration, Oversight, and Judiciary Committees has released a joint interim staff report on its investigation into alleged donor fraud by ActBlue. https://t.co/FQYe6YZ2kJ

Twitter 2Lee @2leeteam 5mo ago 53%

@tedcruz ActBlue Employees Invoked Fifth Amendment 146 Times During House Probe https://t.co/NgriQch92L

Twitter 2Lee @2leeteam 5mo ago 52%

@RealJamesWoods ActBlue Employees Invoked Fifth Amendment 146 Times During House Probe https://t.co/NgriQch92L

Twitter 2Lee @2leeteam 5mo ago 52%

@wikileaks ActBlue Employees Invoked Fifth Amendment 146 Times During House Probe https://t.co/NgriQch92L

Twitter 2Lee @2leeteam 5mo ago 52%

@RealSLokhova ActBlue Employees Invoked Fifth Amendment 146 Times During House Probe https://t.co/NgriQch92L

Twitter 2Lee @2leeteam 5mo ago 52%

@BehizyTweets ActBlue Employees Invoked Fifth Amendment 146 Times During House Probe https://t.co/NgriQch92L

Twitter 2Lee @2leeteam 5mo ago 52%

@therealroseanne ActBlue Employees Invoked Fifth Amendment 146 Times During House Probe https://t.co/NgriQch92L

Twitter 2Lee @2leeteam 5mo ago 51%

@VivekGRamaswamy ActBlue Employees Invoked Fifth Amendment 146 Times During House Probe https://t.co/NgriQch92L

Twitter 2Lee @2leeteam 5mo ago 51%

@BasedMikeLee ActBlue Employees Invoked Fifth Amendment 146 Times During House Probe https://t.co/NgriQch92L

Twitter 2Lee @2leeteam 5mo ago 51%

@RitaPanahi ActBlue Employees Invoked Fifth Amendment 146 Times During House Probe https://t.co/NgriQch92L

Twitter 2Lee @2leeteam 5mo ago 50%

@ScottJenningsKY ActBlue Employees Invoked Fifth Amendment 146 Times During House Probe https://t.co/NgriQch92L

Twitter Rob G @NYYFan63 5mo ago 50%

ActBlue Employees Invoked Fifth Amendment 146 Times During House Probe | ZeroHedge https://t.co/0QpRdPTOec

Twitter 2Lee @2leeteam 5mo ago 50%

@SenJohnKennedy ActBlue Employees Invoked Fifth Amendment 146 Times During House Probe https://t.co/NgriQch92L

Twitter 2Lee @2leeteam 5mo ago 49%

@RobertKennedyJr ActBlue Employees Invoked Fifth Amendment 146 Times During House Probe https://t.co/NgriQch92L

Twitter 2Lee @2leeteam 5mo ago 49%

@C__Herridge ActBlue Employees Invoked Fifth Amendment 146 Times During House Probe https://t.co/NgriQch92L

Twitter 2Lee @2leeteam 5mo ago 48%

@JaySekulow ActBlue Employees Invoked Fifth Amendment 146 Times During House Probe https://t.co/NgriQch92L

Facebook Facebook user 5mo ago 48%

“President Donald Trump invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination more than 440 times during a four-hour civil deposition on August 10, 2022, in a New York investigation into his business practices. The deposition, part of Attorney General Letitia James’ probe, focused on alleged asset valuation inflation. “ Jim Jordan 🫵🤡

Twitter 2Lee @2leeteam 5mo ago 48%

@MCaruso_Cabrera ActBlue Employees Invoked Fifth Amendment 146 Times During House Probe https://t.co/NgriQch92L

Twitter William Teach2 🏴‍☠️ I Don't Really Care @WTeach2 5mo ago 48%

New Post: Weird: ActBlue Employees Take The Fifth 146 Times https://t.co/tiQig6gZ8j

Twitter Maria Wilson @MariaTWiIson 5mo ago 47%

ActBlue Employees Invoked Fifth Amendment 146 Times During House Probe

Facebook Facebook user 5mo ago 47%

Still not as many as Convict Trump who pleaded the Fifth over 400 times during his last deposition.

Twitter 2Lee @2leeteam 5mo ago 45%

@NASAJPL @NASA ActBlue Employees Invoked Fifth Amendment 146 Times During House Probe https://t.co/NgriQch92L