Court denies emergency appeal to retain Trump’s name on Kennedy Center
by David Smith in Washington and Lauren Gambino from US news | The Guardian on (#7693S)
Justice department lawyers had appealed to stay a judge's order to remove Trump's name from facade
An appeals court in Washington DC rejected an emergency appeal seeking to pause the removal of Donald Trump's name from the facade of the Kennedy Center on Friday.
Justice department lawyers for Donald Trump and his hand-picked Kennedy Center board filed the emergency appeal earlier on Friday, asking the court to stay a judge's order that his name be removed from the facade of Washington's leading performing arts venue.
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