Judge says no to Trump using your tax dollars for campaign ads
Turns out, you can't just slap a 'paid for by the government' label on campaign commercials for Trump and call it a day.
A federal judge just hit the brakes on those commercials featuring Trump that claimed to be government-funded. The court is keeping the ads off the air until mid-November, effectively ghosting the campaign's attempt to use public money for what looks suspiciously like political campaigning.
The price tag for this little experiment? About $20 million in taxpayer funds. Even after the court initially said stop, some of these spots kept popping up on TV, which the Department of Justice blamed on a oopsie. One ad even featured Trump railing against a 'sick political class,' which is a bold choice for a supposedly neutral public service announcement.
The administration tried to play it cool by claiming these were just public service announcements, but the court isn't buying it. It is a bold move to treat the federal treasury like a personal super PAC.
Source: The Hill
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