The White House has dismantled an agency tasked with reviewing President Donald Trump’s Washington, D.C., construction projects.
All six members of the Commission of Fine Arts, an independent federal agency established by Congress in 1910, have been fired, The Washington Post first reported.
The agency was expected to review Trump’s planned “triumphal arch” that would be built in the nation’s capital.
Along with the possible arch, Trump has demolished the White House’s East Wing to build a $300 million ballroom and replaced the garden in the Rose Garden with concrete and patio seating.
“On behalf of President Donald J. Trump, I am writing to inform you that your position as a member of the Commission on Fine Arts is terminated, effective immediately,” an email reviewed by The Post that was sent to one of the fired staffers said.
