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O arco planejado por Trump em DC enfrenta nova ação judicial.

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Friday’s manoeuvre escalates an ongoing legal fight over President Donald Trump’s efforts to reshape the US capital.

Judge Ana Reyes of the US District Court for the District of Columbia announced she would appoint a special master to examine whether government officials withheld information or made misleading assertions concerning the East Potomac Golf Links.

A investigação não determinará se os advogados do governo cometeram má conduta. Em vez disso, ela determinará se sua conduta violou obrigações profissionais ou éticas.

The inquiry follows a series of contradictory statements by administration officials about plans to renovate the course, notably after Trump announced he would proceed with the project on social media.

Reyes questionou o Vice-Secretário de Justiça Stanley Woodward Jr por mais de duas horas durante a audiência de sexta-feira, comparando repetidamente seu depoimento com os anúncios online do presidente.

She also asked him whether a National Park Service official had been instructed to omit details from a court declaration.

Trump’s posts, which began earlier this month on his Truth Social account, indicated the course would close for 15 months, starting on November 15, to accommodate a major redevelopment.

Earlier this year, Reyes had ordered the government to provide advance notice of substantive construction work at the site.

Mas, apesar de sua ordem, a disputa intensificou-se no início deste mês depois que mais de 400 árvores foram removidas do campo de golfe. Reyes, posteriormente, estendeu sua injunção contra o governo fazer quaisquer alterações “irreversíveis” adicionais no local.

On Wednesday, the Justice Department informed the court that the National Park Service would submit a design from golf course architect Tom Fazio to the National Capital Planning Commission on Friday.

But Justice Department lawyers had, up to that point, declined to acknowledge any plans with regards to the golf course.

Even before Wednesday’s submission to the court, Trump had posted about commissioning Fazio “to build a World Class Championship Golf Course” on the park site, which currently includes biking and walking paths.

The DC Preservation League, which filed the lawsuit in February, has argued the redevelopment could violate environmental protections and damage a historically significant public space.

O caso marca uma das duas batalhas jurídicas em andamento sobre os planos de Trump para Washington, DC, nesta sexta-feira.

Another US judge is due to hear a separate challenge to the White House’s proposed construction of a 75-metre (250-foot) memorial arch near Arlington National Cemetery.

As ações judiciais levantam questões mais amplas sobre os limites da autoridade presidencial sobre terras federais e monumentos públicos.

David Super, professor do Georgetown University Law Center, disse à agência de notícias Associated Press que os casos refletem uma mudança na forma como a administração aborda as restrições legais ao poder executivo.

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