A new photo shows President Donald Trump eyeing a poster that appears to reference the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts being demolished, hours after he warned that the building "will end up being ripped down" if he is not properly recognized for his efforts to renovate it.
Rep. Joyce Beatty, the Ohio Democrat battling Trump over his efforts to get his name affixed to the Kennedy Center, notified a federal judge Thursday morning about the image and the president's threat. Beatty's filing contained the original news photo image and a close-up.
On Wednesday, Beatty had asked Judge Christopher Cooper to schedule an emergency hearing in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., on what she says is the "unlawful" closure of the Kennedy Center by its board of trustees in violation of a prior order by Cooper.
In her filing Thursday, Beatty's lawyers told Cooper, "Plaintiff files this Notice to apprise the Court of two new pieces of evidence that came to light last night."
"First, yesterday evening, in response to reporter questions regarding the Kennedy Center project, President Trump stated, 'for the Trump administration, for me, to get involved, and to take on long term, an...