WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 -- Sen. Chris Murphy issued the following press release:
U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) led Senate Democrats in a letter to American broadcasters demanding the release of all documentation on the decision to air Donald Trump's self-promoting, federally-funded campaign ads (https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-focused-ad-campaign-taxpayers/).
The letter asserts, by allowing Trump's publicly funded campaign ads to air, broadcasters failed to follow the law and have an obligation to reimburse taxpayers. Despite committing to pay for future campaign ads through his super PAC, Trump this week refused to reimburse the Treasury for the more than 10 million in taxpayer dollars already spent...