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波士顿6月11日路透电——一名联邦法官周四阻止共和党籍得克萨斯州总检察长肯·帕克斯顿继续推进针对民主党筹款平台ActBlue的诉讼，理由是帕克斯顿因该平台为其美国参议院竞选对手筹款而实施报复。
美国波士顿地区法官理查德·斯特恩斯应ActBlue的请求发布了初步禁令，打开新标签页。ActBlue辩称，帕克斯顿在今年4月提起诉讼，侵犯了其言论自由权利，当时帕克斯顿正与民主党人詹姆斯·塔拉里科角逐11月改选的参议院席位。
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由民主党总统比尔·克林顿任命的斯特恩斯表示，帕克斯顿“有提起报复性诉讼的知名历史”，此次针对ActBlue的诉讼旨在压制政治言论，违反了美国宪法第一修正案。
“真相显而易见，帕克斯顿本人的声明也印证了这一点：提起诉讼是为了报复（并企图压制）ActBlue为塔拉里科竞选筹款的努力，”斯特恩斯写道。
ActBlue和帕克斯顿的办公室未立即回应置评请求。
帕克斯顿的诉讼源于共和党针对ActBlue的多项调查之一，去年唐纳德·特朗普总统指示美国司法部与其他在线筹款平台一同对ActBlue展开调查。
帕克斯顿指控总部位于马萨诸塞州的ActBlue违反了得克萨斯州法律，该平台2024年曾向国会宣称已停止接受礼品卡和外国预付借记卡捐赠，随后却悄悄恢复礼品卡捐赠，此举涉嫌误导消费者了解其筹款流程。
根据诉讼内容，该组织的行为为外国国民非法竞选捐款提供了便利，使其能够隐瞒身份，因此ActBlue应被处以罚款，并被禁止接受礼品卡捐赠。
帕克斯顿在得克萨斯州州法院提起该案后，ActBlue提起了联邦诉讼，辩称这名共和党人试图报复政治对手，违反了美国宪法第一修正案的言论自由保护条款。
其律师表示，帕克斯顿是在塔拉里科发布几次筹款公告后才提起该案的，塔拉里科一直通过ActBlue从小额捐赠者处筹集数百万美元资金。
自2004年成立以来，ActBlue已帮助民主党候选人及相关事业筹集了190亿美元资金。
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US judge blocks Ken Paxton’s lawsuit against Democratic fundraising platform ActBlue
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BOSTON, June 11 (Reuters) – A federal judge on Thursday blocked Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton from continuing to pursue a lawsuit against the Democratic fundraising platform ActBlue over its donation practices, saying he was retaliating for fundraising on behalf of his opponent in the race for the U.S. Senate.
U.S. District Judge Richard Stearns in Boston issued a
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at the behest of ActBlue, which argued Paxton infringed its free speech rights by suing the organization in April while campaigning against Democrat James Talarico for a Senate seat up for grabs in November’s election.
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Stearns, who was appointed by Democratic President Bill Clinton, said Paxton had a “well-known history of filing retaliatory lawsuits,” which continued with his filing of a lawsuit against ActBlue aimed at suppressing political speech in violation of the U.S. Constitution’s First Amendment.
“The truth is plain and captured in Paxton’s own declarations: The lawsuit was filed in retaliation for (and in an attempt to suppress) ActBlue’s efforts to fund Talarico’s campaign,” Stearns wrote.
ActBlue and Paxton’s office did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Paxton’s lawsuit stemmed from one of several Republican-backed probes into ActBlue, which President Donald Trump last year directed the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate along with other online fundraising platforms.
Paxton alleges Massachusetts-based ActBlue violated Texas law by misleading consumers about its fundraising processes when it told Congress in 2024 it had stopped accepting donations via gift cards and foreign prepaid debit cards, only to quietly resume gift card donations.
The group’s actions facilitated illegal campaign contributions by foreign nationals who could conceal their identities, according to the lawsuit, and as a result ActBlue should be forced to pay penalties and be blocked from accepting gift card donations.
After Paxton filed that case in a Texas state court, ActBlue filed its federal case, arguing the Republican was trying to retaliate against a political foe in violation of the free speech protections of the U.S. Constitution’s First Amendment.
Its lawyers said Paxton only launched the case following several fundraising announcements by Talarico, who has used ActBlue to raise millions of dollars from small-dollar donors.
Since its founding in 2004, ActBlue has helped raise $19 billion for Democratic candidates and causes.
Reporting by Nate Raymond in Boston; Editing by Bill Berkrot
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