Judge orders Trump administration to cancel taxpayer-funded TV ads
The judge said plaintiffs are likely to succeed on claims that the ads used $20 million in federal funds for political propaganda, court records show.
- 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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