At 10am Judge Ana Reyes will begin an evidentiary hearing in the golf course case at 10am. I'll try to live-blog from the US Courthouse media room for @lawfaremedia.org . This is a case to stop Trump from converting a historic public golf course, open to all, to a Trump style championship course.

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Judge: i can read regs. dont need her to take me thru them. AL: how much notice? JB: i dont have info on referenced plan J: any plans you know of to close park on 11/15? JB: none i know of. Judge: lease terminated with NLT, but in first declaration you say it still manages all 3 golf courses /126

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AL: and you said if such a large renovation project were proposed, agency would have to comply with all laws and regs. and you named NEPA, NHPA, the [NPS] organic act, and [several others]. JB: yes. J: move on AL: did you see Trump's social media post this morning. JB: no. /124

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plan to destory more than 400 trees JB: yes AL: so on 10/6 ... you were aware of TMP ... but you submitted a dec that made no mention of TMP with plan to remove > 400 trees? JB: correct AL: operation occurred 10/10 in morning? JB: yes AL: why on 10/6, 10/7, 10/8 did you make no change-- /122

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JB: late 2025. heard from counsel in our office. AL shows Stan Woodward & JB an exhibit. one of her declarations. AL: 3/6/26 declaration--you understood that Wash National golf project was for $150M to renovate all 3 public courses. The CLR also called for 3 courses at East potomac? /102

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