Beatty Lawyers Accuse Kennedy Center of Defying Order 10 Days After Trump Sign Removal
Updated
Updated · Forbes · Jun 22
Beatty Lawyers Accuse Kennedy Center of Defying Order 10 Days After Trump Sign Removal
2 articles · Updated · Forbes · Jun 22
Summary
Monday court filings from Rep. Joyce Beatty’s lawyers said the Kennedy Center is using “gamesmanship” to resist a judge’s order, keeping tarps up 10 days after Trump’s name was removed from the facade.
The opposition filing said the center made a last-minute, failed bid to pause the June 12 deadline and is now using the tarp to obscure whether the original Kennedy Center sign has been fully restored.
Beatty’s side also said the center is skirting a separate order blocking a two-year renovation shutdown, arguing its post-July 5 calendar is nearly empty and has turned the venue into a “lifeless husk.”
The Kennedy Center told the court it will keep public spaces open after July 5 and said the order did not require it to restore canceled events or add new programming; a spokesperson has said the tarps remain for marble repairs.
The dispute is now before a federal appeals court after a late-May ruling held the renaming unlawful without congressional approval and barred the planned closure.