Section 628 prohibits the use of appropriated funds for publicity or propaganda purposes within the United States not authorized by Congress.
Did Congress authorize these payments? If not, do any of you loyahs out there know what may happen here?
I don't think there is anything illegal about paying Williams's company for promotion--I don't think anyone's questioned that. The problem is Williams profiting as a businessman while at the same time he is personally pushing the agenda his company is being paid for.
The Dept. of H&HS puts out PSAs all the time promoting affirmative action, immunizations, or eating 12 vegetables a day. I really doubt that these have all been explicitly approved by Congress. I suspect that the DoE has the implicit authority to spend money on ads like these.
Did Congress authorize these payments? If not, do any of you loyahs out there know what may happen here?
OH YES! The sky will fall and we'll be all doomed.