Democrats Decried Dark Money. Then They Won With It

Democrats have championed the fight against dark money but interestingly they have, behind the scenes, benefitted from it. This article by Kenneth P. Vogel and Shane Goldmacher is published by The New York Times. Here is an excerpt:

Ken Vogel’s reporting from Washington focuses on the intersection of money, politics and influence. Shane Goldmacher is a national politics reporter specializing in campaign finance.

For much of the last decade, Democrats complained — with a mix of indignation, frustration and envy — that Republicans and their allies were spending hundreds of millions of difficult-to-trace dollars to influence politics.

“Dark money” became a dirty word, as the left warned of the threat of corruption posed by corporations and billionaires that were spending unlimited sums through loosely regulated nonprofits, which did not disclose their donors’ identities.

Then came the 2020 election.

Read the full article here.