Trump Signs Directive Targeting Democrats’ ActBlue Platform (1)

President Donald Trump signed a memorandum targeting ActBlue, accusing Democrats’ online campaign donation platform of violating federal election laws and calling on the US attorney general to take action.

The memorandum signed Thursday, according to a White House fact sheet, directs the attorney general to investigate and take action over allegations that online funding platforms have used contributions from “straw” or “dummy” donors to allow foreign money to go to US political candidates. The directive calls on the attorney general to report the results of the investigation to the president.

The fact sheet doesn’t cite any evidence of wrongdoing, but ...