Is New Hillary Clinton Super-PAC Pushing Legal Boundaries?
A new group will raise big-dollar donations to help the Democratic front-runner.
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks at a rally on October 21, 2014 in Aurora, Colorado.
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A second, semi-official super-PAC is being formed to help Hillary Clinton, and in an unusual twist, has announced plans to coordinate with the Democratic presidential front-runner's campaign.
The move is the latest manifestation of a new trend in 2016 politics: the outsourcing of routine campaign functions to outside groups that are permitted to raise money in unlimited amounts. Candidate committees are limited to donations of $5,400 a campaign cycle from individuals. Last month, the Associated Press reported that all-but-declared Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush will be running much of his campaign through a super-PAC.