DOJ warns Kennedy Center will be torn down and replaced with amphitheater if renovation canceled
He made the suggestion in the Trump administration’s response to Rep. Joyce Beatty’s (D-OH) emergency motion to halt the center from putting Trump’s name on the building’s facade. Kennedy, but would be simpler and more economical to build, operate, and maintain,” Mayers continued.Beatty, an ex officio member of the Kennedy Center board, has taken the Trump administration to court over its plans to add Trump’s name to the building and close it for two years for a structural overhaul.
- ▪He made the suggestion in the Trump administration’s response to Rep.
- ▪Joyce Beatty’s (D-OH) emergency motion to halt the center from putting Trump’s name on the building’s facade.
- ▪Kennedy, but would be simpler and more economical to build, operate, and maintain,” Mayers continued.Beatty, an ex officio member of the Kennedy Center board, has taken the Trump administration to court over its plans to add Trump’s name to
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A Department of Justice lawyer warned a Washington, D.C., federal court that if the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts does not close for President Donald Trump’s planned two-year renovation, the facility could be demolished.Brantley Mayers, a DOJ Civil Division attorney, wrote in a court filing on Monday that the Kennedy Center is facing a dire need for construction and that a failure to update the facility could lead to it being replaced by an outdoor amphitheater. He made the suggestion in the Trump administration’s response to Rep. Joyce Beatty’s (D-OH) emergency motion to halt the center from putting Trump’s name on the building’s facade.
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