[UPDATE] Nearly half of DHS's taxpayer-funded pro-Trump TV ad spending came after Trump said on Oct. 5 his political operation would pay, NPR reports
Judge Jennifer Rochon's 14-day restraining order (a short-term court freeze issued before a full hearing) bars any more government-paid airings and runs to Oct. 25 unless she extends it.
NPR reports that nearly half of the roughly $22 million in taxpayer money spent on the TV spots went out after Monday, Oct. 5. That was the day Trump said his political operation would pay for them. NPR measures that share against its own $22 million total. Other outlets count less: PBS, ABC and the Guardian put the amount DHS tapped at $20 million, and DHS reported using about $19 million of that $20 million purchase (NOTUS). The full amount spent, and so the dollar figure after Oct. 5, is still in dispute. What next. Rochon put off a court conference on extending the order. A new date has not been set.
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A lawsuit challenged DHS-funded TV spots starring Trump. On Sunday, Oct. 11, Judge Jennifer Rochon of the federal court in Manhattan issued the 14-day restraining order. It froze the ad contract and canceled the scheduled airings.