The Washington Post: With Donald Trump actually running, can the Trump brand still advertise?

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There's some precedent for this question, as Larry Noble of the Campaign Legal Center noted when we spoke by phone on Tuesday. In 2004, Russ Darrow sought the Republican nomination for the Senate in Wisconsin. Darrow was the namesake of the Russ Darrow group, a large car dealership in the state. ...

"It's clearly going to be a murky area," Noble said, "and I don't think anyone would suggest that you have to take the name down off of all the Trump buildings. But I think going forward, the decisions being made will be carefully scrutinized about the activities he undertakes under his direction." ...

Or if he wants to push any Trump deal that appears to be "outside the ordinary course of his business," Noble said. "If he starts putting up advertisements with his company name on it, if he starts touting his company brand, I think questions are going to seriously be raised."

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