Allison Gill - Todd Blanche's Unhinged Midnight Ballroom Motion

I’ve been reading and reporting on court filings since early in Trump’s first term, and I can say without a doubt that I’ve never read anything like the motion filed by Todd Blanche and Stanley Woodward late Monday night.

Back in December, a little over a month after Donald Trump demolished the East Wing of the White House, the National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States sued the government to halt all construction.

In the ensuing months, the government argued that construction was essential for national security. Judge Leon, a G. W. Bush appointee, agreed that the underground bunker portion could impact national security and allowed that construction to continue. He continued to block the above-ground ballroom portion, however, finding no threat to national security in pausing it while the court considers the lawsuit.

On Saturday night, a shooting incident occurred outside the White House Correspondents Dinner, and the administration immediately used it as a reason to justify lifting the injunction on ballroom construction.

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