Series synopsis
The Dark Money Game is an American documentary television series that premiered on HBO on April 15, 2025. It ended on April 16, 2025. It was created by Alex Gibney, Jane Mayer. It stars Jane Mayer and James Bopp.
Discover the shadowy world of political donations and fundraising 15 years after the Supreme Court's decision in the Citizen’s United case, which enabled unlimited spending by hidden sources on many political campaigns.
Premise
Discover the shadowy world of political donations and fundraising 15 years after the Supreme Court's decision in the Citizen’s United case, which enabled unlimited spending by hidden sources on many political campaigns.
Premise: Money changes everything.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Jane Mayer as Self - Journalist, Author of 'Dark Money'
- James Bopp as Self - Attorney, National Right to Life Committee
Guest cast
- Maureen O'Connor as Self - Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Ohio (2010-22)
- Laura A. Bischoff as Self - Statehouse Reporter, The Columbus Dispatch
- Jeffrey Williams as Self - Former FBI Supervisory Special Agent
- Tyler Fehrman as Self - Republican Campaign Manager (2018)
- Emily Glatfelter as Self - Assistant U.S. Attorney, Southern District of Ohio
- David M. DeVillers as Self - U.S Attorney, Southern District of Ohio (2019-21)
- Russ Feingold as Self (archive footage)
- Robert Schenck as Self - Evangelical Minister
- David M. McIntosh as Self - Co-Founder, The Federalist Society
- Jonathan Riehl as Self
- Neil Clark as Self (archive footage)
- Michael Imperioli as Neil Clark (voice)
Episodes
This series spans 1 season with 2 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 2 | April 15, 2025 | April 16, 2025 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Ohio Confidential When a powerful political lobbyist is found shot to death, his apparent suicide highlights a bizarre turn in Ohio's largest public corruption case accidentally uncovered by federal investigators that was nearly concealed by loose super PAC campaign financing rules. |
April 15, 2025 |
| 2 |
Wealth of the Wicked Trace the tangled history of campaign finance back to the creation of the Federal Election Commission (FEC) in 1975, the 2002 McCain-Feingold Campaign Finance Reform Bill, and the Citizens United decision of 2010 that has molded the shape and opacity of present-day super PACs which now flood the system with money. |
April 16, 2025 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | HBO |
|---|---|
| First aired | April 15, 2025 |
| Last aired | April 16, 2025 |
| Status | ended |