Former White House ethics attorney: Taxpayer-funded ads could be 'impeachable offense'

Former White House ethics attorney Richard Painter stated that using taxpayer funds for presidential campaign ads could be an impeachable offense.
Former White House ethics attorney Richard Painter said the White House using taxpayer dollars for TV ads promoting President Trump could be “an impeachable offense.” “As I told @baylisswagner of the @nytimes here, this could be an impeachable offense. @POTUS has no right to use taxpayer money for campaign ads,” Painter wrote Sunday on the...
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