It's been 4 years since Stephen Colbert created a super PAC -- where did all that money go?

[Commentary] We were surprised to hear that no one had followed the money trail for Stephen Colbert's super PAC, "Americans for a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow". So, Colbert, we at the Sunlight Foundation would like to accept your challenge.

Sunlight's Senior Staff Writer Melissa Yeager went step-by-step down the Colbert super PAC money trail to demonstrate how complicated it really is to follow the money under our current campaign finance system. It's important to point out that following the money for Colbert's political finance groups was a long, long process. But despite the arduous amount of research we did, tracking the cash flow of Americans for a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow was actually much easier than it would be for almost every other case. Colbert flaunted his super PAC on cable television and left plenty of bread crumbs for journalists to follow; we knew where the money ended up and were able to fill in the gaps. Without these clues, it may have been simply impossible to track. Needless to say, few candidates for political office will be as generous -- leaving the public in the dark.