Lawsuit aims to block UFC event at White House on Trump’s birthday
by Joseph Gedeon in Washington from US news | The Guardian on (#765P9)
Case argues Trump administration broke federal laws to accomodate deeply corrupt' commercial sporting event
Donald Trump is throwing himself quite the 80th birthday party at the White House on Sunday. All he needs now is for a federal judge, Dwayne The Rock" Johnson and a passing thunderstorm not to ruin it.
The watchdog group Public Integrity Project filed a lawsuit on Saturday in DC federal court, seeking an emergency injunction to halt the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Freedom 250 event before a single punch is thrown on 14 June - which so happens both Flag Day and the president's birthday.
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