Judge orders ethics inquiry into Trump lawyers over golf course

What BBN said about it

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentA judge just ordered an ethics inquiry into government lawyers over the East Potomac golf course, and more than four hundred trees came down before the latest hearing.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentLucian Gorse runs a municipal links authority. Lucian, is that a lot of trees?

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   Lucian Abernathy GorseNo. To be precise, it's four hundred and twelve, and on a thirty-six-hole course that's a trim.

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   Lucian Abernathy GorseAnyone who plays golf knows trees are mostly obstacles.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentReuters says the judge extended a ban on irreversible changes to the site. You can't un-cut a tree.

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   Lucian Abernathy GorseTechnically a tree is a living thing, so it's changing constantly. To be precise, I'd say four hundred and sixty changes. Nobody called those irreversible.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentFour sixty now?

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   Lucian Abernathy GorseI rounded for the court. This laminated scorecard is a legal document, and it says hazards must be removed.

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   Lucian Abernathy GorseIf the hazard is trees, the course is safer without them.

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    Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentJudge Ana Reyes said, quote, for months the court has trusted but not verified.

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    Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThen she said trust but verify no longer. That's the court putting you all on read receipts.

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    Lucian Abernathy GorseI'm not a lawyer. To be precise, I'm several hundred trees' worth of not a lawyer. The administration says the renovation starts immediately regardless.

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    Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentReuters has the president saying renovation begins right away despite the order.

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    Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentAnd CBS reports a lawyer told the court all of East Potomac Park would close by November. Is that true?

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    Lucian Abernathy GorseI can't speak to that. To be precise, a closed park has zero golfers, and zero golfers is the best pace of play in history.

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    Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThe judge is naming a special master to check if anyone misled her.

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    Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentRating the clearing: a double bogey, and a stroke penalty for the trees.

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    Lucian Abernathy GorseWe welcome review. I'd put it in writing, but the scorecard is full. To be precise, there's one reversible item left, and I'm holding it.

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    Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentSo the only thing you'll put back is the scorecard.