'Shocking' Trump DOJ moves during Kennedy Center hearing flagged by lawyer
A lawyer involved in the hearings over President Donald Trump's effort to rename the Kennedy Center flagged a shocking moment by the Justice Department.
During a Thursday appearance on CNN, Nathaniel Zelinsky said it was "shocking" that DOJ lawyers insisted on sticking to a September deadline that they set themselves. Zelinsky is part of the legal counsel for Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-OH), an ex officio member of the Kennedy Center board who is challenging the renaming.
The DOJ has said that it will refrain from putting Trump's name back on the Kennedy Center until September 8, but has been unclear about why. Zelinsky noted that Judge Christopher Cooper "was clear that he might issue a temporary restraining order to buy himself a little more time" to consider the case, but the DOJ stuck to its deadline, which is about two weeks away....