Welcome to Pay Dirt—exclusive reporting and research from The Daily Beast’s Lachlan Markay on corruption, campaign finance, and influence-peddling in the nation’s capital. For Beast Inside members only.
As the 2020 Democratic presidential field grows, and a host of additional candidates eye an entry into the race, PAY DIRT has no doubt that, behind the scenes, candidates and their staffs are plotting ways to maximize the money available to their campaigns over the next two years.
More often than not, that means effectively planning out ways of coordinating with an “independent” political group, probably a super PAC, without running afoul of federal laws barring candidate coordination with such groups.