Concerns about dark money in U.S.
Politics date back years, at least to Citizens United,
the 2010 Supreme Court decision that removed barriers on corporate spending in elections.
During midterm cycles and presidential races, there's always grumbling about dark money.
And this year in Michigan, it sometimes seemed like the whole race.
The pro-Israel lobbying group AIPAC spent about $30 million boosting the campaign of Haley Stevens.
Her opponent, Abdullah Syed, drew attention to this again and again, and she lost.
APAC is in a difficult position.
Its support can now be a liability.
And some people are questioning the way the organization disperses money.
I'm going to sound crazy when I say this, but Crush MagaPAC is affiliated with a different PAC called Save Democracy.
And Save Democracy has received $100,000 from United Democracy Project, which is APAC Super PAC.
So sometimes the layers here are two or three or even four PACs deep.
Coming up on Today Explained, the backlash against APAC.
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