For Immediate Release:
Wednesday, March 19, 2025
Press Contact:
esperanza@focalpointstrategygroup.com
Washington, D.C. — Yesterday, U.S. Representative Darrell Issa (R-CA) issued an outrageous letter to FBI Director Kash Patel asserting that the fundraising platform ActBlue “advanced the financial interests of terror.” Issa, who couldn’t even pass a background check to lead the Trade and Development Agency, has long been known as a mudslinger who peddles bogus allegations from his perch in Congress, where he happens to be among the richest members – worth almost half a billion dollars.
In response, Congressional Integrity Project Senior Advisor Kyle Herrig issued the following statement:
“Rep. Darrell Issa is using his position as a member of Congress to smear his political opponents and weaponize the government in loyal service to his billionaire friends Donald Trump and Elon Musk.
“This latest faux outrage has nothing to do with terrorism, or even with oversight, but everything to do with Issa and MAGA Republicans using the levers of power to punish and harm people that dare to oppose them and their extreme, unpopular, and unaffordable agenda. Maybe, instead of trying to distract their constituents from Republicans gutting Americans’ earned benefits and crashing our economy with a pointless trade war, Issa, Trump, and Musk should actually try to find ways to help the hardworking families whose lives they’re ruining.”