The Justice Department has told a federal judge that a lawsuit seeking to block a UFC fight on the White House's South Lawn is too little, too late to matter.
Justice Department lawyers filed a court brief on Tuesday evening urging US District Judge Amit P. Mehta to reject an emergency bid to stop UFC Freedom 250, a mixed martial arts event scheduled for 14 June on the South Lawn of the White House. The DOJ argued that months of planning, over £46 million ($60 million) in production costs, and the imminent health risks to 14 professional athletes made the challenge practically unworkable.
