Donald Trump is pointing to the shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner to make the case to a federal judge that he should lift his order to stop construction of a new White House ballroom.
The argument is that the incident never would have happened had the event been at the White House, which currently has a much smaller space, the East Room or outside tents, to host large events.
In a new filing late Monday, much of which reads like one of the president’s Truth Social posts, Justice Department attorneys argue the judge should never have stopped
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