In a sharply worded, 70-page ruling, Reyes highlighted conflicting accounts from Trump, government employees and Department of Justice lawyers involved in the dispute. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)
\n\nA US federal judge has extended restrictions on President Donald Trump’s plans to renovate the historic East Potomac Golf Links in Washington, DC, triggering a furious response from the president.
\n\nUS District Judge Ana Reyes, appointed by former President Joe Biden, ruled on Monday that the administration could not remove or otherwise damage additional trees at the 36-hole golf course. She also ordered officials to provide 10 days’ notice before undertaking any “irreparable modification” to the property.
\n\nIn a sharply worded, 70-page ruling, Reyes highlighted conflicting accounts from Trump, government employees and Department of Justice lawyers involved in the dispute.
\n\n“Rarely, if ever, has the United States Department of Justice urged a federal court not to believe the sitting President,” she wrote.
\n\n“This started as a case about golf. That good walk spoiled,” the judge added, before explaining how the dispute had expanded into a broader legal confrontation over the president’s claims and sworn testimony from government employees.
\n\nTrump condemned the ruling on Truth Social while returning to Washington from a pre-midterm campaign…
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