A federal judge on Tuesday pushed back a deadline for the Kennedy Center to inform the court about its plans for future construction and operations, as well as the status of tarps and scaffolding that still stand outside the venue, as the center fights to reinstate President Donald Trump’s name.
Tarps have blocked the front of the Kennedy Center for more than six weeks. (AP Photo/Allison Robbert)
U.S. District Judge Christopher R. Cooper ordered the Kennedy Center to explain the status of the tarps, which block where Trump’s name was removed from the venue’s sign last month, and its construction and operational plans by Aug. 20 or within five days of an August Kennedy Center board meeting, whichever is first.
Cooper vacated his previous order that directed the Kennedy Center to submit the report to the court by July 31 or within seven days of a July board meeting, noting the Kennedy Center had pushed back its board meeting to the first half of August.
Rep. Joyce Beatty, D-Ohio, who filed the initial lawsuit challenging the addition of Trump’s name to the Kennedy Center, has condemned the tarps in court filings, accusing the defendants of “undermining the restoration of the Kennedy Center’s name.”
