Colbert Super PAC Raises $1M

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Updated Apr. 21, 2017 5:44PM EDT / Published Jan. 31, 2012 7:14AM EST

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Stephen Colbert's presidential bid might have been a joke, but he's raising serious money. According to paperwork filed with the Federal Election Committee, his super PAC, Americans for a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow, took in more than $1 million as of Jan. 30, 2012. Treasurer Shauna Pol said that “Stephen Colbert, president of ABTT, has asked that I quote him as saying, ‘Yeah! How you like me now, FEC? I’m rolling seven digits deep! I got 99 problems but a non-connected independent-expenditure only committee ain’t one!’” Colbert, after transferring control of his super PAC to Jon Stewart so he could form an exploratory committee, regained control in a segment Monday night.

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Colbert Super PAC Raises $1M

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