Trump blasts judge over Kennedy Center ruling in angry statement 

President Trump said on Friday that a federal judge should be “ashamed of himself” for blocking his administration’s move to add Trump’s name to the Kennedy Center and ruling that board members improperly voted to close the iconic performing arts center for renovations this summer. 

U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper, an appointee of former President Obama, sided with a challenge to the renovation project from ex officio board member Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-Ohio). The building had been set to close on July 5 for two years.

“Judge Cooper was given a presentation by leading Building and Construction Experts as to how structurally dangerous the Building is, with rotting beams, parking areas that are subject to collapse, and various other Life and Safety problems, in addition to the fact that it also needs a MAJOR renovation, from an aesthetic........

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