In March, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump was vehement: Super PACs are a “disaster” and “very corrupt.”
With his opponent, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, gazing expressionlessly at him from the next podium during a Republican primary debate, Trump added, “Ted has super PACs, and you have to look at the people that are giving to those super PACs, number one. It’s very important to do that.”
“There is total control of the candidates,” Trump continued. “I know it better than anybody that probably ever lived.”
If he’s right, New York investor Robert Mercer and his daughter Rebekah, the very same mega-donors who propped up Cruz’s bid, are due for some scrutiny.