US Justice Department cites shooting to press preservationists to drop Trump ballroom suit
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US Justice Department cites shooting to press preservationists to drop Trump ballroom suit

April 26, 2026
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US President Donald Trump’s Justice Department is using the shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on Saturday to try to pressure preservationists to drop their lawsuit over his planned US400 million ballroom on the site of the former East Wing of the White House. “It’s time to build the ballroom,” acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said plainly on Sunday on social media, posting a letter in which Assistant Attorney General Brett Shumate gave the National Trust for Historic...

US Justice Department cites shooting to press preservationists to drop Trump ballroom suit
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