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Judge skeptical over Trump ballroom project amid new bid to halt it 

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CitrixNews Staff
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Judge skeptical over Trump ballroom project amid new bid to halt it 

A federal judge seemed freshly skeptical of President Trump’s White House ballroom construction project as he weighed a new bid by preservationists to halt it.   U.S. District Judge Richard Leon on Tuesday sharply pressed the Justice Department (DOJ) over the varying authorities it listed as reasons the president’s $400 million construction project should be allowed to proceed without congressional approval. “This has been a case…

Originally reported by The Hill