An estimated $20 million ad campaign from the Trump administration was blocked by a federal judge who sided with the Democratic National Committee.
U.S. District Judge Loren AliKhan said Wednesday that the administration could not create or air advertisements using taxpayer funds.
‘Administrations of both parties have used public service announcements to explain policy and make the case for the nation’s direction.’
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The ad campaign is being challenged in court in three separate lawsuits.
“Here, there is little doubt that Defendants’ unlawful use of public funds makes it more difficult for the DNC to achieve its mission of ‘electing Democratic candidates in federal, state, and local elections across the Country,'” AliKhan wrote in the ruling.
She added that the administration’s “use of public dollars to finance the challenged ads imposes
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