Here’s what I learned when I helped Stephen Colbert set up his Super PAC

It’s been five years since the Supreme Court handed down its Citizens United decision. The ruling gave rise to a complicated mess of super PACs, dark money, and "coordinated non-coordinated expenditures" — a world that likely surprised even the Supreme Court.

Viewers of Stephen Colbert’s late lamented "Colbert Report," however, knew just how tricky this new world had become.

By Trevor Potter

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