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'Are you kidding me?': US judge opens inquiry into whether Trump's DOJ misled her over Washington golf course closure

Torn netting, yellowed grass and faeces at East Potomac Golf Course, which Trump posted to Truth Social after Judge Ana Reyes extended an injunction blocking his planned overhaul of the public facility.
Torn netting, yellowed grass and faeces at East Potomac Golf Course, which Trump posted to Truth Social after Judge Ana Reyes extended an injunction blocking his planned overhaul of the public facility.

US District Judge Ana Reyes erupted at Justice Department lawyers on Friday after the Trump administration filed a court notice confirming the East Potomac Golf Course will close on 15 November — directly contradicting assurances its own lawyers had given her days earlier. She is now investigating whether the DOJ deliberately misled the court.

Associate Attorney General Stanley Woodward had told the court on 19 October that there were no plans to close the course, but then signed Wednesday's filing confirming the closure.

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