2026-05-01 22:07 UTC / 路透社
作者：内特·雷蒙德
2026年5月1日 22:07 UTC 更新于1小时前
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2026年3月28日，美国德克萨斯州格拉普维恩盖洛德德克萨斯度假会议中心举行的2026年美国保守派政治行动会议（CPAC）上，德克萨斯州总检察长肯·帕克斯顿发表讲话。路透社/丹尼尔·科尔/档案照片 购买授权
波士顿5月1日电（路透社）——民主党筹款平台ActBlue周五起诉德克萨斯州总检察长肯·帕克斯顿，试图阻止这位共和党官员对其展开调查和诉讼，ActBlue在诉讼中称这是一场非法的报复行动。
ActBlue在波士顿联邦法院提起的诉讼请求法官阻止帕克斯顿推进其上月提起的另一宗案件。该案件指控ActBlue就其筹款操作方式误导国会和公众。
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“帕克斯顿利用其政府公职对ActBlue实施法律制裁，以报复其受保护的言论和政治结社行为，这是对宪法的亵渎，绝不能被容忍，”ActBlue的律师在诉状中写道。
帕克斯顿的办公室未回应置评请求。
多起共和党支持的调查
帕克斯顿对ActBlue的诉讼源于该组织所面临的多起共和党支持的调查之一。去年，唐纳德·特朗普总统曾指示美国司法部与其他在线筹款平台一同对ActBlue展开调查。
帕克斯顿于4月20日在德克萨斯州一家州法院提起诉讼，要求对ActBlue处以经济罚款，并禁止其通过礼品卡和预付借记卡平台接受捐款。
他声称，此类支付方式会掩盖捐赠者的真实身份，使得美国境外人员进行不当捐款，从而助长了欺诈性捐赠行为。诉讼称，尽管ActBlue在2024年曾表示将停止处理礼品卡捐款，但该平台仍在继续此类操作。
在周五提起的诉讼中，总部位于马萨诸塞州的ActBlue称，这起案件是这位保守派总检察长利用职权恐吓、骚扰政治对手的例证，违反了美国宪法第一修正案规定的言论自由保护条款。
ActBlue表示，德克萨斯州的诉讼充斥着“虚假且煽动性的指控”，并称其工作人员尝试在平台上使用礼品卡捐款的行为多次被自动化工具拒绝。
ActBlue指控帕克斯顿将其作为报复对象，原因是该平台支持民主党候选人。ActBlue自2004年成立以来，已为民主党候选人和相关事业筹集了190亿美元资金。
诉讼称，这些候选人包括帕克斯顿当前竞选美国参议员职位的民主党对手詹姆斯·塔拉里科。诉讼还称，在塔拉里科宣布通过ActBlue在24小时内筹集到超过200万美元捐款的次日，帕克斯顿便派出调查人员对ActBlue展开调查。
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ActBlue sues to block Texas attorney general’s ‘retribution’ lawsuit
2026-05-01 10:07 PM UTC / Reuters
By Nate Raymond
May 1, 2026 10:07 PM UTC Updated 1 hour ago
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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks during the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) USA 2026 at the Gaylord Texan Resort and Convention Center, in Grapevine, Texas, U.S., March 28, 2026. REUTERS/Daniel Cole/File Photo Purchase Licensing Rights
BOSTON, May 1 (Reuters) – Democratic fundraising platform ActBlue sued Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Friday in an effort to block the Republican from pursuing investigations and litigation against it as part of what the lawsuit calls an unlawful retribution campaign.
ActBlue’s lawsuit in federal court in Boston asked a judge to prevent Paxton from moving forward with a separate case he filed last month that accused it of misleading Congress and the public about its donation practices.
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“Paxton’s decision to use his government office to target ActBlue with legal sanctions as retribution for its protected speech and political association is an affront to the Constitution and must not be tolerated,” ActBlue’s lawyers wrote.
Paxton’s office did not respond to a request for comment.
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His lawsuit against ActBlue stemmed from one of several Republican-backed probes into the organization, which President Donald Trump last year had directed the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate along with other online fundraising platforms.
Paxton’s lawsuit, which was filed on April 20 in a state court in Texas, seeks financial penalties and to block ActBlue from permitting donations on its platform via gift cards and prepaid debit cards.
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He alleged such payment methods enable fraudulent donations by concealing a donor’s true identity, allowing for improper contributions from people outside the U.S. The lawsuit said ActBlue has continued to process gift card donations despite saying in 2024 it would cease doing so.
In Friday’s lawsuit, the Massachusetts-headquartered group called the case an example of the conservative attorney general using his authority to intimidate and harass political opponents in violation of the free speech protections of the U.S. Constitution’s First Amendment.
ActBlue said the Texas case is rife with “false and inflammatory allegations,” saying that its investigators’ efforts to use gift cards on its platform were repeatedly rejected by its automated tools.
It accused Paxton of targeting it as retaliation for its support for Democratic candidates. Since its founding in 2004, ActBlue has helped raise $19 billion for Democratic candidates and causes.
They include Paxton’s Democratic opponent in his current campaign for the U.S. Senate, James Talarico, according to the lawsuit. It said that after Talarico announced raising more than $2 million in 24 hours through ActBlue, Paxton, the next day, dispatched investigators to start a case against ActBlue.
Reporting by Nate Raymond in Boston Editing by Rod Nickel
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