Donald Trump’s plans for a massive ballroom where the White House’s East Wing once stood ran into a skeptical judge on Thursday.
U.S. District Judge Richard Leon, in a case brought by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, questioned the federal government’s claim that the president had the authority to demolish the East Wing and construct a $400-million ballroom without obtaining congressional approval.
When a Trump administration lawyer compared the project to the Gerald Ford administration putting in a pool, President George W. Bush-appointee Leon took offense.
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