HBO Documentary Exposes Systematic Corruption Through FBI Wiretaps of Officials

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HBO’s “The Dark Money Game” by Academy Award-winning filmmaker Alex Gibney exposed systematic corruption through FBI wiretaps of officials saying “it’s good now because of Citizens United.” Documentary series revealed how untraceable funding enables institutional capture at state and federal levels through coordinated astroturfing networks and algorithmic manipulation. Film provides unprecedented inside look at how dark money corrupts democratic institutions, featuring recordings of officials explicitly acknowledging Citizens United enabled their corruption schemes.

Key Actors

Alex Gibney (filmmaker) HBO FBI Unnamed officials (wiretapped)

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dark-money citizens-united documentary corruption-exposed astroturfing media-investigation kleptocracy

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