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Robert Tait

Kennedy Center reportedly changed rules before vote to add Trump’s name

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Melania and Donald Trump at the opening night of Les Misérables at the Kennedy Center in June. Photograph: whitehouse.gov

The Kennedy Center reportedly adopted bylaws earlier this year that would limit voting to Donald Trump-appointed trustees – a controversial move that appears to reveal the long-held plan to install Trump’s name to the center.

The bylaws, in a possible breach of the institution’s charter, were revised in May and specified that board members appointed by Congress, known as ex-officio members, could not vote or count towards a quorum, according to the Washington Post.

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