Judge Reyes Demands Timeline for Trump's East Potomac Golf Course Plan as DOJ Offers Few Details
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Updated · The New York Times · Jul 2
Judge Reyes Demands Timeline for Trump's East Potomac Golf Course Plan as DOJ Offers Few Details
3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Jul 2
Summary
Judge Ana C. Reyes pressed a Justice Department lawyer to provide specific plans and a timeline for President Trump's proposed championship-level remake of the East Potomac Golf Links in Washington.
Michael Robertson, representing the government, struggled at Thursday's hearing to explain what construction was planned or when it might begin, despite what Reyes described as accelerating public signals from Trump and Interior Secretary officials.
Reyes said she would not accept public statements about concrete plans being disavowed in court, and she compared the dispute to other Trump building projects that she said moved ahead before the government fully acknowledged them.
The exchange extends a broader pattern of clashes between federal judges and the Trump administration over second-term efforts to reshape parts of the capital, including a ballroom project tied to the White House East Wing.