Trump Administration Moves to Close East Potomac Park for Golf Project

What BBN said about it

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorThe government told a court it will close East Potomac Park in Washington on November fifteenth to build a championship golf course.

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorThe filing says the Park Service will close everything south of Buckeye Drive, including the public course, and Trump has said the facility will be shut for fifteen months.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentAt an October nineteenth hearing, Associate Attorney General Stanley Woodward said there was no plan to close the course on November fifteenth.

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorSo between that hearing and this filing, a plan showed up?

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentJudge Ana Reyes ordered the government to clarify whether any plan exists, so this is the clarification. It arrived days after the denial.

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorThe judge also found the stated reason for cutting down trees was a pretext for replacing the course with a Tom Fazio design.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThe Park Service plans to hand that Fazio rendering to the National Capital Planning Commission tomorrow.

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorAnd the Justice Department has asked Judge Reyes to recuse herself, accusing her of bias, and Trump says Interior will appeal.

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorWhere do regular golfers play for fifteen months?

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    Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentNine days ago it was no plan. Now it's a Fazio rendering, so somebody finally read the group chat.