The Trump administration took a major step toward giving President Donald Trump’s sweeping new ballroom the green light with the appointment of four new officials to a key Washington, DC, board this week.
The new members of the Commission of Fine Arts, one of two commissions that must review the ballroom plans, were revealed in a court filing Thursday in a lawsuit seeking to stop construction. Trump had gutted the existing six-member board in October as East Wing demolition got underway.
Trump’s project requires a review from the CFA and approval from the National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC), where the president has already installed a number of loyalists.
The NCPC met earlier this month to receive a preliminary presentation on the project from the White House and its architect, Shalom Baranes. Meanwhile, CFA’s work advising the federal government on public buildings, national memorials, and coins and medals, among other key areas, has ground to a halt
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