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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Alex Woodward

Trump-run Kennedy Center ‘courting a constitutional crisis for one man’s vanity,’ lawyers say

The Kennedy Center’s Donald Trump-dominated board is trying to illegally flout court orders that block the president from sticking his name on the building, according to the legal team fighting to keep his hands off the venue.

The Department of Justice and lawyers for Democratic Rep. Joyce Beatty, who is leading the legal battle, returned to court in Washington, D.C., on Thursday after the board of trustees voted to install Trump’s name on the white marble facade — again — despite an order from a federal judge.

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