Lawmakers call for action on ‘plainly illegal’ taxpayer-funded ads to promote Trump

House Democrats say officials may have illegally misused public funds to pay for president’s ‘narcissistic ego trips’ The Trump administration is facing growing questions over whether it illegally used taxpayer money to air television ads promoting Donald Trump five weeks before the US midterm elections . Two congressional Democrats , Jamie Raskin of Maryland and George Whitesides of California, have asked federal watchdogs to investigate the ads. Continue reading...

Originally reported by The Guardian US by Joseph Gedeon in Washington. Read the full story at the source.