The Trump-apppointed Kennedy Center board voted Tuesday to shutter the venue after a federal judge again blocked President Donald Trump’s name from being added to the building without approval from Congress. Jonathan Lemire calls the board’s move “extortion” and predicts Trump will try to “bulldoze” the Kennedy Center if his name isn’t added to it.
The Kennedy Center’s board voted Tuesday to close the center's main building for renovations, despite a court order keeping the center open. #Kennedycenter #Trump #boardvote
Trump now appears to be holding the Kennedy Center hostage unless his name is added in some capacity.
Trump now appears to be holding the Kennedy Center hostage unless his name is added in some capacity.Open
The Kennedy Center board voted to close the center Tuesday after a tense meeting in which President Donald Trump called in to berate a Democratic congresswoman who serves on the panel, according to two sources familiar with the matter. “It was f**king crazy,” said one source familiar with the exchange between Trump and Rep. Joyce Beatty, whose lawsuit has prevented Trump’s name from being added to the building. 0:00 Board of Trustees votes to close the Kennedy Center 0:41 Sources describe Trump's 'f****ing crazy' phone call 2:46 Why is Trump so focused on getting his name on the Kennedy Center? 5:44 What’s troubling about Trump wanting his name on the building? Watch 24/7 live news with CNN Headlines: https://bit.ly/4eIvlTr #trump…
A federal judge has blocked the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts' Board of Trustees from adding President Donald J. Trump's name to the building.
A federal judge has ruled against a Kennedy Center board resolution to return President Donald J. Trump’s name to the building, claiming legal and congressional limitations. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: A federal judge has blocked the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts’ Board of Trustees from returning President Donald J. Trump’s name to the building. DETAIL: On Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper, a Barack Obama appointee married to Joe Biden’s personal defense attorney, Amy Jeffress, blocked a resolution by the Board of Trustees to inscribe “Renovated and Restored by President Donald J. Trump” on the building. Judge Cooper ruled that the resolution “bucks a federal court order and a statute…Open
Trump made the remarks after a federal judge ruled that the board could not add the president's name in any capacity without authorization from Congress.
The board previously voted to name the opera house after first lady Melania Trump and later added the president's name to venue, prompting legal action.
A federal judge blocked the Kennedy Center on Tuesday from returning President Donald Trump ’s name to the iconic performing arts venue in a move meant to recognize his renovation efforts, saying it would violate an earlier ruling that his name was illegally added to the building. Judge Christopher Cooper ruled that, “Simply put, Defendants cannot install memorials for President Trump or anyone or anything else at the Kennedy Center without Congress’s blessing.”
A federal judge on Tuesday blocked the Kennedy Center’s latest attempt to inscribe President Trump’s name back on building — and to rename the campus after him. U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper ruled that the Kennedy Center board cannot move forward with the plans without “Congress’s blessing,” finding that an August vote on the renaming likely violated his earlier injunction. Read more: https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/6090649-trump-kennedy-center-inscription-judge/ #KennedyCenter #Trump #Legal #TrumpAdministration #WhiteHouse