There is no evidence Zacharia has ever been licensed to practice law — and the White House did not provide any

The $25,000 ad, which accused the challenger to Maine Republican Sen. Susan Collins of raising taxes, ran in Portland, Oregon.

A coalition of nonprofits had sued, calling the ads “propaganda.” The president has said campaign funds would be used to pay for the commercials going forward.

Homeland Security Investigations searched the Minnesota Democrat’s Washington-area home under a sealed warrant tied to forms her late father filled out when she was a child. No charge has been filed.