Democratic Fundraising Platform ActBlue Sues Texas AG Paxton, Alleges Retaliation

ActBlue asked a Boston federal judge on May 1 to halt Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s investigation and his state court case against the platform.
Democratic Fundraising Platform ActBlue Sues Texas AG Paxton, Alleges Retaliation
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks at a news conference in Dallas on June 22, 2017. Tony Gutierrez/AP Photo
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ActBlue, the principal small-dollar fundraising platform for Democratic candidates and progressive causes, filed a federal lawsuit in Boston on May 1 seeking to stop Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton from pursuing what it calls a retaliatory campaign against the group for its political work.

The complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, asks a federal judge to declare Paxton’s ongoing investigation and his April 20 Texas state court case against ActBlue unconstitutional violations of the First and Fourteenth Amendments and to block him from continuing to pursue them.

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