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In reply to the discussion: Justice Department Calls to Drop Ballroom Suit After Gala Attack [View all]
LetMyPeopleVote
(181,035 posts)41. National Trust says it won't drop suit against Trump's $400M White House ballroom after DOJ request
The request to drop this lawsuit was so stupid that it is sad. The lawyers in the DOJ who made that request should be embarrassed.
Let the Baby have his candy IF, and only if, we can name it “The Pedophile Jeffrey Epstein Memorial Ballroom†💃🕺(via @apnews.com) National Trust says it won't drop suit against Trump's 0M White House ballroom after DOJ request
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https://apnews.com/article/white-house-ballroom-donald-trump-lawsuit-bcbe5b42723fcae1870d55b5921404b5
WASHINGTON (AP) — Preservationists are pressing ahead with their lawsuit against President Donald Trump’s planned $400 million White House ballroom, declining a request by the Department of Justice to withdraw the complaint following the shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on Saturday.
Trump and other conservatives have made a renewed push for the ballroom in the wake of Saturday’s media dinner shooting, arguing it exposed the difficulties in ensuring presidential security at large events outside the White House grounds, and urging the National Trust for Historic Preservation to drop its lawsuit.
Top Justice officials said the government would ask a court to dismiss the lawsuit “in light of last night’s extraordinary events” if the Trust did not voluntarily drop it.
Trust attorney Gregory Craig declined that request, writing to the Justice Department that the legal issues at the heart of the lawsuit are unchanged.
“What Saturday’s awful event does not change is that the Constitution and multiple federal statutes require Congress to authorize construction of a ballroom on White House grounds, and that Congress has not done so,” Craig wrote.
Trump and other conservatives have made a renewed push for the ballroom in the wake of Saturday’s media dinner shooting, arguing it exposed the difficulties in ensuring presidential security at large events outside the White House grounds, and urging the National Trust for Historic Preservation to drop its lawsuit.
Top Justice officials said the government would ask a court to dismiss the lawsuit “in light of last night’s extraordinary events” if the Trust did not voluntarily drop it.
Trust attorney Gregory Craig declined that request, writing to the Justice Department that the legal issues at the heart of the lawsuit are unchanged.
“What Saturday’s awful event does not change is that the Constitution and multiple federal statutes require Congress to authorize construction of a ballroom on White House grounds, and that Congress has not done so,” Craig wrote.
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Justice Department Calls to Drop Ballroom Suit After Gala Attack [View all]
LetMyPeopleVote
Sunday
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B.S. is right..... Carry on with the lawsuits !!!! Rebuild the East Wing !!!
Trueblue1968
Sunday
#29
So, the President's life is at risk if he doesn't have a ballroom? WTAF? This is some cray cray shite they are throwing.
wcmagumba
Sunday
#2
We supposed to believe that fat fuck would be out cutting a rug in that ballroom?
Bengus81
Sunday
#14
Remember...Trump NEVER went to a CD in his first four years,now he wants to go to two
Bengus81
Sunday
#15
Even if they start building the stupid thing tomorrow it won't be finished until he is out of office...
wcmagumba
Sunday
#21
He "demanded" that the group "voluntarily" dismiss the suit? Sounds like mob talk.
William Seger
Sunday
#28
Trump's stupid ballroom, despite its massive height, is way too small for the WHC dinner anyway.
SunSeeker
Yesterday
#33
MS NOW's "The Weekend" co-host, Eugene Daniels, was on with Al Sharpton discussing this
Rhiannon12866
Yesterday
#35
MaddowBlog-Trump's Justice Department joins ballroom lobbying campaign in an unusual way
LetMyPeopleVote
18 hrs ago
#40
National Trust says it won't drop suit against Trump's $400M White House ballroom after DOJ request
LetMyPeopleVote
18 hrs ago
#41
Scathing new motion from DOJ leaders explicitly calls on federal court to dismiss ballroom lawsuit
LetMyPeopleVote
10 hrs ago
#42