Crews begin removing Trump’s name from Kennedy Center after missing Friday night deadline
Story by Devan Cole, Betsy Klein, CNN
Workers began removing President Donald Trump’s name from an exterior wall of the Kennedy Center early Saturday morning, video from a CNN crew showed.
It comes after the historic performing arts venue missed a deadline to comply with a federal judge’s ruling to remove Trump’s name from the building and asked for for additional time to carry out the directive.
Justice department attorneys representing the center said late Friday that while work was ongoing, thunderstorms in the Washington area caused delays. They said crews expected to fully remove Trump’s name “in the early hours” of Saturday.
US District Judge Casey Cooper had set a deadline of 11:59 p.m. Friday for the center to certify compliance with his order. The judge hasn’t yet responded to the center’s request for additional time to say that it has carried out his demand.
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