New photos show first look at Kennedy Center facade without Trump’s name
New photos show blank facade panels after a federal judge ordered the name removed and workers covered the site with tarps and scaffolding.
- Photographs obtained by The Washington Post reveal blank square panels on the Kennedy Center's marble facade where President Donald Trump's name had been affixed, providing visual proof of the court-ordered removal.
- District Judge Christopher Cooper ruled last month that the Kennedy Center board violated federal law by unilaterally renaming the venue, finding that only Congress possesses authority to change its name.
- A 14-member crew completed the court-ordered removal during the early hours of June 14, finishing around 3 a.m. after the judicial deadline had passed.
- Mallory Miller, co-founder of Hands Off the Arts, hailed the visual evidence, while lawyers for Rep. Joyce Beatty accused board members of 'a petty act of defiance' in delaying restoration.
- Although the name is gone, the Kennedy Center says scaffolding 'will remain up as crews address maintenance needs,' while Trump vowed he had 'no interest' in what he called a 'hopeless journey.
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Joyce Beatty Says Trump Is 'Embarrassed' by Failed Kennedy Center Name Change: 'It Was Unlawful'
Democratic Ohio Congresswoman Joyce Beatty told CNN Tuesday that President Trump has kept a tarp up in front of the Kennedy Center’s entrance because he is “embarrassed,” confirming, “His name has been removed.” In late May, a federal judge ruled that Trump’s attempt to rename the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts the “Donald J. Trump and John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts” was unlawful. The judge decided that the abilit…
House Democrat sues over Kennedy Center tarp · American Wire News
Rep. Joyce Beatty, D-Ohio, is so upset at the tarp in front of the Kennedy Center that she filed a motion for its removal. She calls the tarp a “petty act of defiance” from the Trump administration after the president was ordered by a court to remove his name from the John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts building. Beatty, a Kennedy Center board member, objected to renaming it to include President Donald Trump by arguing that s…
New images obtained by CNN show the Kennedy Center signage without the name of President Donald Trump, which confirms an affidavit by Matt Floca—executive director of the art center—that indicated that the president's name is already...
The fact that Donald Trump's name was removed from the Kennedy Center again is a great humiliation for the US president. A reproach he wanted to spare himself by all means. In vain, as new shots of the building prove.
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