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\n Two Virginia residents have filed a lawsuit seeking to stop the UFC fight President Donald Trump is holding at the White House as part of celebrations for the nation\u2019s 250th birthday.\n <\/p>\n

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\n The lawsuit, filed Saturday by the Public Integrity Project on behalf of a Vietnam War veteran and a civic activist, argues the structure erected on the White House grounds is not authorized without congressional approval or environmental review.\n <\/p>\n

\n It also argues the use of the White House grounds \u201cto stage a private, for-profit sports event, with all the promotional and branding opportunities that accompany such access\u201d will both financially benefit UFC President Dana White and Trump himself, citing a report in the spring Trump bought $50,000 in stock in UFC\u2019s parent company, TKO Group Holdings.\n <\/p>\n

\n The lawsuit pushes back on the assertion from the administration that the UFC match falls under the authorization from Congress for events to celebrate America\u2019s 250th anniversary, saying the event \u201cis not in any material sense a \u2018celebration of the 250th anniversary of American Independence\u2019\u2014it is, instead, a celebration of the UFC\u2019s brand and the 80th anniversary of Donald Trump\u2019s birth.\u201d\n <\/p>\n

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\n CNN has reached out to the White House and UFC for comment on the lawsuit.\n <\/p>\n

\n The White House South Lawn event, set for June 14, coincides with Trump\u2019s 80th birthday. A weigh-in for the fighters is set for the day before at the Lincoln Memorial.\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cThe Lincoln Memorial is sacred ground, and it honors everyone who has ever worn this country\u2019s uniform,\u201d plaintiff Paul Romano, a retired Air Force sergeant and Vietnam veteran, said in a news release. \u201cUsing it as a backdrop for a for-profit cage fight so the President and his friends can make money is a desecration.\u201d\n <\/p>\n

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