A federal judge temporarily blocked the Asset the administration to cut down additional trees or close a public golf course that the president intends to turn into a championship course.
Judge Ana Reyesin a long time, cutting opinionfound that the president’s public statements were at odds with the administration’s assertions in court that the felling of more than 400 trees earlier this month was routine maintenance and not preparation for the president’s grand vision for East Potomac Golf Links.
“Rarely, if ever, has the United States Department of Justice urged a federal court to disbelieve the sitting president,” she wrote. “And yet here we are.”
What happened: A preservation group and two local residents asked the court to ban further tree cutting after the Interior Department cut down more than 400 trees earlier this month on short notice.
Reyes earlier this month blasted administration for felling the trees and was skeptical of the government’s argument in court that it was part of a long-standing plan to clean up the historic golf course.
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