But not in the way you might think. Erica is the finance director of a Republican super PAC who is feeling the pressure to meet her fundraising goals in the run-up to the mid-term elections. When she hears about a secret dark money network she is determined to find a way in — which is how she becomes involved with Anna: a Girlfriend Experience provider who has been seeing Mark Novak Michael Cram , the director of a right-wing non-profit and a fan of rough and degrading sex. After Novak calls Anna a slew of offensive names and grabs her neck during their rough tryst in a bathroom, she secretly records his phone calls.