司法部在法官周六中午截止日期前一小时向联邦法院提交了一份证明,称唐纳德·特朗普总统的名字已从“肯尼迪中心大楼和场地的所有物理标志上”被“删除”。
特朗普政府在最后一刻请求法院介入,阻止在周五午夜的最后期限之前删除特朗普的名字。
肯尼迪中心执行董事马特·弗洛卡(Matt Floca)的声明称,除了从标牌上删除特朗普的名字外,总统的名字还从“员工的电子邮件签名、员工的电子邮件通信、信笺、小册子、宣传材料、新闻稿、标志、[和]合同中删除。”
特朗普的名字已经从肯尼迪中心的网站和YouTubepage页面上删除。
根据政府的最新文件,政府要求“短暂延长时间”12个小时,直到6月13日中午,称工作“因为哥伦比亚特区的雷暴给工人带来安全问题而被推迟”。
华盛顿特区的一名联邦法官下令特朗普政府在周六中午之前证明,它已经遵守了法院的命令,将特朗普的名字从短暂延期中删除。
在延期之前,联邦上诉法院周五晚上驳回了DOJ要求行政暂缓执行法院命令的请求,该命令要求将特朗普的名字从华盛顿特区的表演艺术中心删除。
在早些时候提交给华盛顿巡回法院的一份文件中,特朗普政府认为,删除特朗普的名字将会阻碍筹款,阻止修复工作的进行,并让公众感到困惑。
“除了特朗普总统,没有人能够既重建这座建筑,又为它的运营筹集资金,”文件称,表演艺术中心可能会成为“世界的羡慕对象”,并认为这座建筑可能会遭受“财务和结构性崩溃”
Trump's name removed from Kennedy Center following court order: DOJ
The Justice Department filed a certification in federal court one hour before a judge's Saturday noon deadline that said President Donald Trump's name has been "removed" from "all physical signage on theKennedy Centerbuilding and grounds."
The Trump administration had made a last-minute request to ask the court to step in and block the removal of Trump’s name ahead of a deadline of midnight Friday.
Thedeclarationfrom Kennedy Center executive director Matt Floca stated that in addition to removing Trump's name from the signage, the president's name was removed from "employees' email signatures, employees' email communications, letterhead, brochures, promotional materials, press releases, signs, [and] contracts."
Trump's name has already been removed from the Kennedy Center's website and YouTubepage.
The government requested "a short extension of time" for 12 hours until noon on June 13, saying the work "has been delayed because of thunderstorms in the District of Columbia that presented safety concerns for workers," according to the government’s latest filing.
A federal judge in D.C. ordered the Trump administration to certify by noon on Saturday that it has complied with a court order to remove Trump's name from the granting a brief extension.
The extension came after a federal appeals court on Friday night denied the DOJ’s request for an administrative stay of a court order that requires the removal of Trump's name from the Washington, D.C., performing arts center.
In an earlier filing with the D.C. Circuit, the Trump administration argued that removing Trump's name would stall fundraising, prevent repairs from taking place and confuse the public.
"No one else other than President Trump would be in the position of both rebuilding the Building, and raising the money for its operation," the filing stated, saying the performing arts center can be " the envy of the World," and arguing the building could suffer a "financial and structural collapse."





