Taxpayer-funded ads aired nearly 400 times after Rochon's halt order

Date

Oct 12, 2026

Kind

Court order

Status

Complied late

Source

mediaite.com ↗

Court or forum

Common Cause coalition suit, Judge Jennifer Rochon

What happened

Rochon's order halting a $20 million DHS-funded ad campaign took effect at 6:46 p.m. on October 11; plaintiffs told the court the ads ran nearly 400 more times that evening and the next day. A DOJ status report acknowledged the violation, apologized to the court and blamed a delay relaying DOJ's email to the ad vendor; DOJ reported the ad buy had stopped and future payments were frozen. No contempt motion has been filed.

Publisher

Mediaite

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