The Republican administration plans to close the East Potomac Golf Course and park on Nov. 15 with the intention of constructing a “World Class, championship-level golf course that is capable of hosting major events.”

Lawfare writer Anna Bower reports that Judge Ana Reyes is appointing a veteran from President Donald Trump’s own first administration as Special Master to investigate whether or not the Department of Justice and Department of the Interior representatives "lied" to her about Trump's intentions for the East Potomac Golf…

A federal judge in Washington is moving to launch an ethics investigation into whether Trump administration lawyers misled her court over the East Potomac Park golf course. She plans to put it in the hands of a former prosecutor Trump himself cast aside. U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes issued a minute order on Saturday…