A US judge has temporarily halted President Donald Trump’s White House ballroom construction project from continuing, ruling that proper procedures were not followed before the building project began.
The ruling comes after the White House was sued by The National Trust for Historic Preservation.
“I have concluded that the National Trust is likely to succeed on the merits because no statute comes close to giving the President the authority he claims to have,” said Judge Richard Leon, who was appointed by a Republican president.
Leon’s ruling continued: “The President of the United States is the steward of the White House for future generations of First Families. He is not, however, the owner!”
