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2. Trump exposed in latest White House East Wing court filing: analysis
Sat Apr 4, 2026, 03:41 PM
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This is mind blowing to me. The DOJ let trump draft part of the filing in the trump ballroom appeal. It is clear that trump drafted a good amount of this brief. I have trouble imaging any attorney who would put their name on this filing

Trump exposed in latest White House East Wing court filing: analysis #RawStory

#TuckFrump (@realtuckfrumper.bsky.social) 2026-04-04T14:49:50.000Z

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-white-house-2676665160/

Donald Trump may have partly written the most recent White House East Wing court filing with his legal team, an analyst has claimed.

Trump has faced a series of legal challenges against his White House renovations, particularly a $400 million ballroom project and the refurbishing of the Eisenhower Building's exterior. A legal team working for Trump asked an appeals court yesterday (April 3) for an emergency ruling, which, if granted, would allow construction on the East Wing to continue.

The documents making the argument to the appeals court appear to have been partly written by the president himself, according to CBS News' Arden Farhi.

He wrote, "The opening pages of the court filing are loaded with exclamation points ('Time is of the essence!'), parenthetical asides, misplaced capital letters ('Almost 400 Million Dollars of private donations'), and multiple adjectives for emphasis ('shocking, unprecedented, and improper injunction') – all rhetorical flourishes of the president's online posts.

"One sentence runs 130 words and covers more than half a page. 'Private donors and American Patriots singlehandedly funded the 300 to 400 Million Dollar project (depending on finishes), which is on budget and ahead of schedule.

"'No taxpayer dollars are being used for the funding of this beautiful, desperately needed, and completely secure (for national security purposes) ballroom,' the filing reads."

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Seems we can use "national security" to do just about anything we want? walkingman Saturday #1
Trump exposed in latest White House East Wing court filing: analysis LetMyPeopleVote Saturday #2
Reads like Solicitor General Donald Trump wrote it. LetMyPeopleVote Saturday #3
Oh my god that is embarrassing. choie Saturday #14
Pretty sure it was the hasty demolition of the East Wing that left it "open and exposed". tanyev Saturday #4
He really really REALLY needs that luxury bunker finished like RIGHT NOW Grokenstein Saturday #5
Afraid Iran might come after him? Bayard Saturday #8
Afraid *America* might come after him. Grokenstein Sunday #16
With pitchforks and torches... Bayard Sunday #19
He tore it down. Geez. twodogsbarking Saturday #6
That's hyping it like a good carnival barker. bucolic_frolic Saturday #7
I hope everyone here realizes that the bunkers are to protect them against the American people. erronis Saturday #9
Dump is the big security threat. Talitha Saturday #10
It's Trump's popsdenver Saturday #11
Everything he does is without proper strategy or a Plan B. Baitball Blogger Saturday #12
Coming from a traitor that took classified document to have them placed at his Florida home turbinetree Saturday #13
The time to worry about security issues and the budget was before you tore up the people's house. Buddyzbuddy Saturday #15
'Security Issues??' OldBaldy1701E Sunday #17
With your medical issues, Dumbo, you don't need more room for them. Wonder Why Sunday #18
He's run out of "emergencies." Like the boy who cried "wolf" nobody is taking them seriously anymore. Martin68 Sunday #20
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