The Dark Money Game | Official Trailer - HBO - video Dailymotion

Money Changes Everything.

Transcript

00:00In Mexico, it's a bite.

00:02In China, it's team money.

00:04In America, it's called campaign finance.

00:08There's a whole political world out there that runs on dark money.

00:15When elected public officials deal with business interests,

00:18corruption and bribery take over.

00:22Dark money led to the biggest case of political corruption

00:25in the history of Ohio.

00:27In 2019, there was an investigation involving Matt Borges and Neil Clark.

00:32Neil had been one of the most powerful lobbyists in the history of the state.

00:36Ready to fuck people over.

00:39That recording with Neil Clark and undercovers,

00:41those were critical to connect that dotted line.

00:43Every politician's got to have somebody that is the hitman.

00:47The FBI asked me to essentially spy.

00:50You're not, like, trying to set me up here, are you?

00:52That would be bad for both of us, but it would be worse for you.

00:54And I thought, what is he going to do?

00:58This was a organized conspiracy on a massive scale.

01:03But I fear this case is not a one-off example.

01:10Dark money has heralded a new era of vast corruption.

01:13If corporate America was going to reassert its power, it had to create a counter-revolution and take political power back.

01:23We had a little Bible verse.

01:25The wealth of the wicked is laid up for the righteous.

01:28So, let's baptize the billionaire's money.

01:32The Supreme Court rolled back rules on campaign finance.

01:36Citizens United said corporations can create a super PAC.

01:39Now, corporations could fund elections with unlimited amounts of cash.

01:43One way you could look at it is that it's a fair fight.

01:46Another way is that both parties are corrupt.

01:52When it comes to the power of big business, the fix seems to be in.

01:55A tiny group of people have bought an inordinate amount of influence.

02:01People with money will always have an advantage. Always.

02:05Money has a way of changing the rules.