CBP leaders cut out of Trump ad buy decision

WASHINGTON — Senior leaders at Customs and Border Protection were cut out of the decision to use their agency’s funds for a national ad buy featuring President Donald Trump and learned about it from a news report, according to a Department of Homeland Security official with direct knowledge of the decision-making process.

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