Justice Department Presses Preservationists to Drop Trump Ballroom Lawsuit After Shooting
The administration says the project would improve security after Saturday’s shooting, while the preservation group weighs a Monday deadline to dismiss its case.
- Donald Trump’s Justice Department is reportedly using the recent shooting incident at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner to pressure preservationists over a legal dispute.
- The dispute concerns a planned $400 million ballroom project at the site of the former East Wing of the White House.
- Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche publicly urged that construction should proceed, calling for the lawsuit to be dropped.
- Assistant Attorney General Brett Shumate gave the National Trust for Historic Preservation a deadline to withdraw its lawsuit, which seeks to block the project.
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DOJ rips a strip of preservation group over White House ballroom lawsuit: ‘TDS’
The Department of Justice scolded the plaintiff who is suing over President Donald Trump’s proposed White House ballroom, arguing the space is needed in light of the correspondent’s dinner shooting. In a court motion filed late Monday, acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and two other DOJ officials slammed the National Trust for Historic Preservation for refusing to drop its lawsuit. The document reads similarly to Trump’s Truth Social posts wi…
Justice Department pushes to end White House ballroom lawsuit
The legal fight over a new White House ballroom is escalating. A preservation group has refused a Justice Department request to drop its lawsuit over the $400 million project. After Saturday’s shooting at the correspondents’ dinner, the Justice Department gave the group until Monday to drop the case. Trump, along with some lawmakers, including Democratic Sen. John Fetterman, have argued the breach shows the need for a secure, on-site venue for a…
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