WASHINGTON (CN) — The Justice Department urged a federal judge to reject the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s effort to halt construction on President Donald Trump’s White House ballroom, arguing in a series of documents filed Monday that pausing the project would create significant security concerns.
The National Trust sued the Trump administration on Friday, arguing that the unilateral decisions to demolish the East Wing and begin construction on the 90,000-square foot ballroom were unlawful without congressional approval, review by federal oversight commissions, an environmental study or an opportunity for public comment.
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