Judge orders Trump administration to immediately stop taxpayer-funded TV ads
The ads featuring President Trump have been criticized as government propaganda and as aimed at influencing the outcome of the midterm election.
TL;DR
- A federal judge in New York ordered the Trump administration to stop airing controversial government-funded TV ads featuring President Trump.
- The ads are criticized as political propaganda aimed at influencing the November midterm election.
- The temporary restraining order also bars the Department of Homeland Security from spending remaining funds allocated for the ad campaign.
- The judge ruled that the coalition challenging the ads was likely to win the lawsuit and would suffer irreparable harm without the order.
- The order also prevents the administration from entering into new agreements or expanding existing ones for the ads.