Judge orders Trump administration to cancel taxpayer-funded TV ads
- On Sunday, U.S. District Judge Jennifer Rochon ordered the Trump administration to halt taxpayer-funded television advertisements, imposing a temporary restraining order that bars the government from airing or renewing ad contracts for two weeks.
- Common Cause and other plaintiffs challenged the advertisements, alleging they functioned as political propaganda designed to assist Republican candidates in the November midterm elections rather than serve as legitimate public service announcements.
- Plaintiffs sought to block the ads by Friday to prevent airing during weekend programming such as football games and Saturday Night Live, though the Trump administration stated in a Saturday filing it had already planned to cease the campaign.
- President Donald Trump called the ads a "positive promotion for our great U.S.A.," while the White House announced that MAGA PAC would fund future advertisements instead of using taxpayer money going forward.
- Common Cause President and CEO Virginia Kase Solomon vowed continued accountability efforts, stating the group will not cease until "no president from any party can waste and abuse taxpayer funds for propaganda ever again.
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Trump's $20M Taxpayer-Funded Ad Campaign Halted by Judge With No Repayment Planned for Past Ads
A Manhattan federal judge has temporarily halted the Trump administration's $20m taxpayer-funded television ad campaign after liberal groups challenged the commercials as political propaganda.
Judge hits the brakes on Trump's $20 million ad campaign — despite DOJ's unusual defense - The Daily Bo Snerdley
BS BULLETIN A federal judge temporarily blocked remaining advertisements from a $20 million DHS-funded campaign. The lawsuit questions whether taxpayer funds were improperly used for political promotion. The temporary order is not a final ruling that the advertisements violated federal law. A federal judge in New York issued a temporary restraining order Sunday blocking the Trump administration from continuing a multimillion-dollar television ad…
MichaelSavage.com – Judge Orders Trump Administration to Cancel Promos
President Donald Trump must cancel any remaining television commercials paid for with millions of dollars in taxpayer money to promote his political message, a federal judge ordered on Sunday night, even as the administration said the ad campaign was coming to an end. U.S. District Judge Jennifer L. Rochon in New York sided with a…
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