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Judge openly mocks Trump's golf project excuse in brutal ruling
What happened
AlterNet reports that U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes rejected the Trump administration’s claim that a rushed tree-removal operation at Washington’s East Potomac Golf Links was merely routine maintenance based on a 2019 preservation report. On the limited record before her, Reyes concluded that officials accelerated the work because President Donald Trump wanted haste on his proposed redesign of the public course.
The operation began after senior Interior Department official Gregory Wischer instructed the National Park Service on October 5 to act quickly. Approval followed the…
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