# DOJ Asks Judge to Grant Trump an Emergency Ballroom

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Podcast: [Opening Arguments](https://stenobird.com/podcast/opening-arguments-1055646)
Published: 2026-04-29T07:30:00+00:00
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## Resource

The United States Department of Justice has reached a humiliating but undeniably hilarious new low in its defense of Donald Trump's illegal efforts to create a massive new building on the White House grounds without approval from his Congressional landlords.. Are the president's balls really a matter of national security? Did three of the most important people in DOJ really just put their names on a filing which reads more like a Trutth Social post than a serious motion in a serious case? We waltz in for a closer look. Judge Leon’s order staying ballroom construction (3/31/2026) Defendant’s Rule 62.1 Motion For An Indicative Ruling Staying the Court’s Injunction (4/27/2026)

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