The Dark Money Game

“Money changes everything.”

Documentary

Discover the shadowy world of political donations and fundraising 15 years after the Supreme Court's decision in the Citizen’s United case, which enabled unlimited spending by hidden sources on many political campaigns.

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Episodes & Seasons

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Miniseries

2 Episodes

EP 01

EP 1

01.Ohio Confidential

1h 55m

2025-04-15

01.Ohio Confidential

1h 55m

Aired 2025-04-15

When a powerful political lobbyist is found shot to death, his apparent suicide highlights a bizarre turn in Ohio's largest public corruption case accidentally uncovered by federal investigators that was nearly concealed by loose super PAC campaign financing rules.

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EP 02

EP 2

02.Wealth of the Wicked

1h 55m

2025-04-16

02.Wealth of the Wicked

1h 55m

Aired 2025-04-16

Trace the tangled history of campaign finance back to the creation of the Federal Election Commission (FEC) in 1975, the 2002 McCain-Feingold Campaign Finance Reform Bill, and the Citizens United decision of 2010 that has molded the shape and opacity of present-day super PACs which now flood the system with money.

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Series Cast

Jane MayerSelf - Journalist, Author of 'Dark Money'

James BoppSelf - Attorney, National Right to Life Committee

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