Politico: Where’s the line between a campaign and super PAC?

WHAT’S IN A WORD? — The Trump campaign lit up an outside group run by the president’s former deputy campaign manager, David Bossie, whose group collected millions in donations from donors by playing up an appearance of a connection to the president (make sure you read Axios’ Alayna Treene, Jonathan Swan and Harry Stevens’ reporting on Bossie’s group and POLITICO’s Gabby Orr and Daniel Lippman on the reaction from Trumpworld on Bossie).

But what caught Score’s eye came at the end of the statement. “There are only four official fundraising organizations authorized by President Trump or the RNC,” the unsigned statement from the campaign read, listing the campaign, the RNC and two joint fundraising committees. “In addition, there is one approved outside non-campaign group, America First Action, which is run by allies of the President and is a trusted supporter of President Trump’s policies and agendas.” …

“It pains me to say it, but I don’t think [the statement itself] is a legal problem,” Common Cause’s Paul Ryan told Score (Ryan repeatedly argued that he believed the creation of America First Policies and America First Action was illegal because of their ties to Trump’s orbit while he was a federal candidate). “Pointing to a super PAC and saying, ‘That’s the one I approve of’ doesn’t break the law.”