INTRO: The Justice Department confirmed the Trump administration is planning to close the East Potomac Golf Course next month for renovations … even though a federal judge extended an order blocking the administration from making any changes without advance notice. Speaking after returning to Washington from a campaign rally … President Trump claims several staffers have been hurt at the golf course.
ACK: President Donald Trump
TAG: The president had previously claimed on social media a staffer was hit in the chest by a golf ball … and warned he would hold the judge responsible for any injuries or deaths at the golf course. The Trump administration was sued by plaintiffs who claimed the renovations were causing irreversible damage to the historic park. The judge has already criticized the administration for cutting down hundreds of trees with little notice.
KEYWORD: Politics, POTUS, Legal
