The preservation group suing to halt President Donald Trump’s proposed ballroom rejected a request Monday from the Justice Department to drop its lawsuit following the weekend shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner.
Trump and many other administration officials attended the Saturday dinner at the Washington Hilton, located roughly a mile and a half from the executive residence. The suspect was apprehended at a security checkpoint after allegedly firing a shotgun. An officer was struck in his bulletproof vest, but it is not yet clear who fired that shot.
Carol Quillen, president and CEO of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, expressed gratitude to the law enforcement officers who protected the president during the dinner, but said in a statement Monday that her organization’s lawsuit “endangers no one” but rather “respectfully asks the Administration to follow the law.”
Davis Ingle, a spokesperson for the White House, defended the ballroom in a statement Tuesday and predicted an “ultimate victory on this egregious lawsuit.”
