Trump's DOJ claims East Wing was 'infested' and 'dilapidated' in latest appeal over White House ballroom [View all]
Source: The Independent
Friday 10 April 2026 10:47 EDT
Lawyers for Donald Trump’s administration claim that the federal judge’s order blocking construction of a $400 million White House ballroom “gravely threatens national security” and that “upgrades” to the now-demolished East Wing are “not cosmetic.”
The government’s latest appeal says lawyers for the administration are preparing to take the fight to the Supreme Court.
In a filing with a D.C. appeals court, the government lists several additions to the planned 90,000-square-foot structure, including “missile-resistant steel columns, beams, drone-proof roofing materials, and bullet, ballistic, and blast proof glass windows.” There will be “bomb shelters, hospital and medical facilities, protective partitioning, and top-secret military installations, air conditioning, heating, venting, and more,” according to Thursday night’s filing from Department of Justice attorneys.
Those updates, they argue, replace a “dilapidated, infested and structurally unsound” East Wing that was bulldozed last year. The additions are “essential to protecting the president, his family, and his staff, as well as the White House itself, and the entire project flows from them,” according to the Justice Department.
Read more: https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-white-house-ballroom-infested-bomb-shelter-b2955382.html
Link to FILING (PDF) - https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cadc.42993/gov.uscourts.cadc.42993.01208838959.0_1.pdf
I guess next, a moat will be added, surrounded by razor wire fencing for extra "protection".
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