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Turns out Stephen Colbert's Super PAC is advised by a University of Utah graduate.

Utahn part of Stephen Colbert’s Super PAC team

By Matt Canham

| The Salt Lake Tribune

First Published Apr 12 2012 12:24 pm • Last Updated Apr 12 2012 11:40 pm

Washington • On air, Stephen Colbert has two advisers for his super PAC. One is Trevor Potter, a prominent campaign finance attorney, and the other is a canned ham with glasses.

But off camera, Matt Sanderson, a spiky-haired Orem native just a few years out of law school, is helping Colbert navigate the quirky laws that have led to a deluge of unfiltered money in politics.

"The Colbert Report" last week won a Peabody Award, one of the top prizes for electronic media, for its satirical look at super political action committees, and the show’s long-running spoof is far from over. Colbert has just sold 1,000 "super fun packs" to college students, helping them create similar entities at universities across the nation, and he’s likely to produce political ads through his super PAC, Americans for a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow, throughout this election year.

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