The Trump administration’s lawsuit against a jazz musician who canceled his annual Christmas concert at the Kennedy Center has been dismissed.
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The Donald J. Trump and John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts on June 5, 2026 in Washington, DC.
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A judge dismissed the Kennedy Center's lawsuit against jazz musician Chuck Redd over his canceled protest performance.
Lawyer for Chuck Redd, who pulled out after Trump renamed center, called case ‘political retribution’
The longtime Kennedy Center musician said he was ‘very pleased with the judge's ruling’
Musician Chuck Redd told The Associated Press in an email Saturday morning that he is “very pleased with the judge's ruling.”
Attorneys for musician Chuck Redd said on Friday that a D.C. Superior Court judge had dismissed a breach of contract lawsuit…
The newly renamed Trump-Kennedy Center sent Chuck Redd a letter threatening legal action over a Christmas Eve Jazz Jam that the…
