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After Citizens United passed, there were several problems that appeared:

problems with disclosure
- super-PACs — LLCs are being used to hide their human backers [2]
- foreign funding is now possible (via dark money, or multinational corporations) [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
problems with coordination [1]
FEC deadlock makes the problems worse [2] [3]

Historical scandals around campaign finance:

1996 - allegations of financing from China