A Department of Justice lawyer warned a Washington, D.C., federal court that if the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts does not close for President Donald Trump’s planned two-year renovation, the facility could be demolished.
Brantley Mayers, a DOJ Civil Division attorney, wrote in a court filing on Monday that the Kennedy Center is facing a dire need for construction and that a failure to update the facility could lead to it being replaced by an outdoor amphitheater. He made the suggestion in the Trump administration’s response to Rep. Joyce Beatty’s (D-OH) emergency motion to halt the center from putting Trump’s name on the building’s facade.
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