Dark money groups help conceal who is behind the influx of cash and the political agendas of a wealthy donor, group or corporation. For example, without looking into the Concord Fund, a major PWO donor, the average person would not realize its ties to anti-abortion lawyer Leonard Leo – the man who helped pick the supreme court justices who overturned Roe v Wade. In this particular context, such front groups help hide who is trying to influence the political outcome in Ohio’s Issue 1.
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