Judge orders inquiry into Trump officials' statements on East Potomac Park

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Daily Beast ↗ — Headline frames outcome as 'Humiliating Blow to Trump Goons Over Golf Course Plot'; body excerpt opens with 'furious federal judge' who 'lost patience with shifting stories' and will probe whether officials 'lied to her,' quoting her remark that…

Washington Examiner ↗ — Headline states 'Judge opens inquiry into Trump administration’s handling of East Potomac golf course case'; body excerpt centers on formal probe into whether officials 'misled the court and violated professional ethics rules,' citing conflict with…


Judge Strikes Humiliating Blow to Trump Goons Over Golf Course Plot

Left: Daily Beast

A furious federal judge has lost patience with the Trump administration’s shifting stories about its plans to raze a beloved Washington park and has launched an investigation into whether officials lied to her. S. District Judge Ana Reyes made the announcement after an extraordinary hearing in which government lawyers struggled to answer even the most basic…

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Judge opens inquiry into Trump administration’s handling of East Potomac golf course case

Right: Washington Examiner

’s East Potomac Golf Links said Friday she would investigate whether administration officials misled the court and violated professional ethics rules during the proceedings. S. District Judge Ana Reyes said the inquiry would examine whether Interior Department officials, government attorneys, […]

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