President Donald Trump’s administration ignored legal and environmental concerns as it rushed to secretly reach a deal to lease public parkland to a venture capitalist and sports investor.
Documents obtained by a public-records request show the federal government pushed through a plan for a private long-term lease for parts of Rock Creek Park, a 1,750-acre national park in northwest Washington, D.C., in an unusually fast process that limited bidders, The Washington Post reported.
In mid-December, the National Park Services issued a public request for proposals to lease and refurbish the aging Rock Creek Tennis Center, which hosts the annual Washington DC Open tennis tournament.
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