“They’re in total cahoots with their [super] PACs, which they’re not allowed to be,” Trump told The Washington Post at the time. Candidates and the independent super PACs that support them have increasingly found ways to work together without breaking laws barring outright coordination. The campaign cannot share private strategies with a super PAC and a super PAC cannot share information that could be considered a contribution to the campaign. Some critics say the campaign’s statement is a sign that the super PAC is not truly independent of the Trump campaign. “I wouldn’t read anything more or less into the Trump campaign’s statement.”

Source: Washington Post May 08, 2019 19:41 UTC