Pro-Clinton PAC offers money for fresh dirt on Donald Trump

Correct the Record, a super PAC aiding Democrat Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign, has decided on an unorthodox approach: It will pay tipsters who dig up fresh dirt on Republican Donald Trump.

The group, run by stalwart Clinton ally David Brock, has launched TrumpLeaks to "uncover unreported video or audio" of Trump "so voters can have access to the Donald Trump who existed before running for president and before his recent affinity for teleprompters," according to the group's website. The group says it can provide "compensation" to tipsters "who have usable, undoctored video or audio that has been legally obtained or is legally accessible."

Brock told NBC News that his group is "chasing everything" — from material about Trump's business empire to his tax returns or more personal matters. He acknowledged that the move is unusual, but told the network: "We're going to extraordinary lengths because this is an extraordinary situation."

Brock is a former journalist who has described himself as a conservative hit man in the 1990s, intent on toppling Bill and Hillary Clinton. He's since become one of Hillary Clinton's staunchest defenders and sits as the center of an array of well-funded super PACs working to elect her and other Democrats.

He's also known for his unusual political gambits.

Earlier this year, he said he had found an anonymous donor who pledged to donate $5 million to help veterans if Trump released his tax returns. (In a Medium post this week, LinkedIn's billionaire founder Reid Hoffman offered $5 million to help a Marine veteran who has promised to donate money he raises through a website called Crowdpac to veteran's charities if Trump releases his tax returns by Oct. 19, the date of the final presidential debate.)

Correct the Record coordinates its activities with Clinton's campaign.