2026-10-11T23:18:00-0400 / 哥伦比亚广播公司/美联社
美国总统特朗普必须取消所有剩余的、由数百万纳税人资金支付的、用于宣传其政治讯息的电视商业广告，一名联邦法官于周日晚间作出这一裁决。与此同时，特朗普政府表示该广告宣传活动即将结束。
纽约联邦地区法官珍妮弗·L·罗洪支持包括无党派监督机构“共同事业”在内的一个联盟的诉求，该联盟指控这些广告非法挪用资金。法官在批准临时禁制令时，勒令政府取消任何剩余广告，包括原定周日晚间播出的广告。
“在本禁令为期两周的有效期内，被告不得签订、续签或扩大任何授权开发、制作、传播、投放或播出涉案广告的协议，”法官说道。
当被置评请求时，白宫援引了特朗普10月5日的一条社交媒体帖子。特朗普在帖子中为这些纳税人资助的广告辩护称其“相当常规”，但在遭遇强烈反对后，他表示将从其政治筹款资金中支付广告费用。在周六晚间提交的法庭文件中，美国司法部辩称临时禁制令并无必要，因为“所谓的违规行为将于明日终止”。
美国国土安全部动用了2000万美元纳税人资金投放这些广告。法律专家指出，这一行为违反了一项联邦法规，该法规禁止国会拨款被用于“宣传或造势”，还可能违反了其他多项法律。
代表原告的非营利法律组织“民主推进”在一份声明中表示：“我们对法院迅速采取行动，防止更多纳税人资金被用于这种公然违法的政治宣传感到欣慰。”“总统利用政府机构和国会拨作他用的资金来影响选举结果、推进自身议程的行为，没有任何法律依据，也没有先例可循。”
在周六提交的一份法庭声明中，国土安全部高级官员霍莉·梅林格写道，这笔资金来自国会拨款，这些资金“可用于，除其他事项外，‘纪念与边境安全相关的努力和事件’”。
合同记录显示，国土安全部于9月20日向LMD广告公司授予了一份价值2000万美元的“全国媒体宣传活动”合同。一天前，白宫管理和预算办公室批准国土安全部海关与边境保护局获得2000万美元用于“OBBB纪念活动”，这一信息来自一个非政府数据库。资金来源最初由《华盛顿太阳报》报道。
白宫为这些广告辩护称，它们类似于往届政府为推广各项政策而制作的公益公告。但近期的这些广告与许多以往的公益公告不同，它们并非旨在帮助公众从特定政府项目中获益。
一名白宫官员上个月表示，这些公益公告“显然不是政治宣传”，并指出：“总统不在本次选举的候选人名单上，广告也没有呼吁行动。”
这些广告于9月下旬开始播出，吹捧特朗普本人，并呼应他在中期选举前的政治讯息。其中一则广告包含特朗普谈论共产主义威胁的片段，另一则则是他上次总统竞选广告的重播。该系列的第五则广告于周二开始播出，主题是特朗普政府抓捕委内瑞拉前领导人尼古拉斯·马杜罗。
使用公款支付广告费用招致了强烈批评——其中包括一些共和党人士的反对。
“这不应该用纳税人的钱来支付，”南达科他州共和党参议院多数党领袖约翰·图恩对记者表示。
在《面对全国》节目中，路易斯安那州共和党参议员约翰·肯尼迪上个月表示：“我认为任何公职人员，包括特朗普总统、[前国土安全部部长]克里斯蒂·诺姆以及约翰·肯尼迪本人，都不应该将公款用于为自己投放私人广告。”
美国民主党全国委员会已就这些广告单独起诉本届共和党政府。
一群参议院民主党议员上个月在一封信中表示：“这种政府宣传可能出现在朝鲜，但绝不应该出现在美利坚合众国，这是对美国人辛勤赚来的税款的严重且非法的滥用。”
在反对声浪中，特朗普表示他将开始用竞选账户支付广告费用。一名白宫官员表示，目前没有立即计划为已支出的资金向政府报销。
此外，艺术家JMSN的律师上个月致函白宫办公厅主任苏西·怀尔斯，发出停止侵权函，要求特朗普政府停止使用其歌曲《Love Me》。JMSN的歌曲被用于其中一则广告。
“任何了解我的职业生涯、知道我立场和事业根基的人都应该明白，我绝不会授权将我的音乐用于任何政治议程或竞选活动，”这位艺术家在社交媒体上发帖称。
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Trump administration ordered to cancel taxpayer-funded TV ads
2026-10-11T23:18:00-0400 / CBS/AP
President Trump must cancel any remaining television commercials paid for with millions of dollars in taxpayer money to promote his political message, a federal judge ordered Sunday night, even as the administration said the ad campaign was coming to an end.
U.S. District Judge Jennifer L. Rochon in New York sided with a coalition, including the nonpartisan watchdog Common Cause, that challenged the ads as an illegal misuse of funds. She told the administration to cancel any remaining ads, including any set to air Sunday night, in granting a temporary restraining order.
“Defendants shall not enter into, renew, or expand any agreement authorizing the development, creation, dissemination, placement, or airing of the challenged advertisements” during the two-week duration of her order, the judge said.
Asked for comment, the White House referred to an Oct. 5 social media post from Mr. Trump in which he defended the taxpayer-funded ads as “rather standard” but, amid backlash, said he would pay for them from his political fundraising. In a court filing late Saturday, the Justice Department argued that the temporary restraining order was unnecessary because “the alleged offending conduct will end tomorrow.”
The Department of Homeland Security tapped $20 million in taxpayer money for the ads. Legal experts have suggested that violated a federal statute against congressionally appropriated money being used for “publicity or propaganda” and potentially other laws.
“We are pleased the court acted swiftly to prevent more taxpayer dollars from being used for such blatantly unlawful political propaganda,” the plaintiffs said in a statement issued by Democracy Forward, the nonprofit legal organization that represents them. “There is no legal justification — and no precedent — for the president to use the machinery of the government and funds set aside by Congress for other uses to influence electoral outcomes that further his own agenda.”
In a court declaration Saturday, senior DHS official Holly Mehringer wrote that the money came from funds appropriated by Congress that are “available for, among other things, ‘commemorating efforts and events related to border security.’”
The Department of Homeland Security awarded LMD Agency $20 million for a “National Media Campaign” starting on Sept. 20, contracting records show. A day earlier, the White House Office of Management and Budget granted DHS’s Customs and Border Protection $20 million for “OBBB Commemorative Events,” according to a nongovernment database. The source of the funds was first reported by The Washington Sun.
The White House has defended the ads as public service announcements akin to what past administrations have done to promote various policies. But the recent ads differ from many past public service announcements because they aren’t aimed at helping members of the public benefit from specific government programs.
A White House official said last month the PSAs “are clearly not political,” and noted: “The President is not on the ballot and the ads don’t have a call to action.”
The ads, which began airing in late September, glorify Mr. Trump and echo his political messaging going into the midterms. One features a clip of Trump talking about the threat of communism and another is a replay of an ad from his last presidential campaign. The fifth ad in the campaign began airing Tuesday, focusing on the Trump administration’s capture of former Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro.
The use of public funds to pay for the ads drew heavy criticism — including from some in the GOP.
“It shouldn’t be paid for with taxpayer dollars,” Senate Majority Leader John Thune, a South Dakota Republican, told reporters.
On “Face the Nation,” GOP Sen. John Kennedy of Louisiana said last month, “I don’t think any public official, including President Trump or [former DHS Secretary] Kristi Noem or John Kennedy, should spend public money on private ads for themselves.”
The Democratic National Committee has separately sued the Republican administration over the ads.
“This is the sort of government propaganda one might expect in North Korea, not the United States of America, and it is an egregious and illegal misuse of Americans’ hard-earned tax dollars,” a group of Senate Democrats said in a letter last month.
Amid the backlash, Mr. Trump said he would start paying for the ads with a campaign account. A White House official said there were no immediate plans to reimburse the government for money already spent.
Additionally, attorneys for artist JMSN, whose song “Love Me” was used in one of the ads, last month sent a cease-and-desist letter to White House chief of staff Susie Wiles demanding that the Trump administration stop using his song.
“To anybody who has followed my career and knows what I stand for and built my career on, it should go without saying that I would never authorize my music to be used for ANY political agenda or campaign,” the artist posted on social media.
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