Supposedly, the Super PACs are meant to be independent of the election candidates: they cannot be directly coordinating with any of the candidates, but they can pay for ads that oppose or support candidates. In theory, it is a good idea. However, there are too many loopholes for corruption to take place. In the 2016 election, two of Donald Trumps’s seniors staffers left his campaign and formed the Rebuilding America Now super PAC. They claimed that since they were not paid by Trump, they were not violate a law preventing campaign staffers from using their knowledge about a campaign to the advantage of an “independent” group. In Hillary Clinton’s camp again, the super PAC Correct the Record said that it could deal directly with the Clinton campaign
