{"id":2975,"date":"2026-06-17T19:07:48","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T19:07:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=2975"},"modified":"2026-06-17T19:07:48","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T19:07:48","slug":"thwarted-attack-on-ufc-fight-is-another-reason-to-build-white-house-ballroom-trump-doj-argues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=2975","title":{"rendered":"Thwarted attack on UFC fight is another reason to build White House ballroom, Trump DOJ argues"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div> <div>\n<button>\n<strong>\n<span><svg>\n<\/svg>\n<\/span>\n<span>Summary<\/span>\n<\/strong>\n<span><svg><\/svg>\n<\/span>\n<span><svg><\/svg>\n<\/span>\n<\/button>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Trump&#8217;s Justice Department is citing a thwarted attack on a UFC fight at the White House as justification for the White House ballroom project.<\/li>\n<li>Officials say the planned ballroom would shield the grounds from drones and bullets with sophisticated security features atop the structure.<\/li>\n<li>Critics argue Trump is using recent violence to justify a project that requires congressional approval he has not obtained.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<span>AI-generated summary was reviewed by a CNN editor.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            As federal courts have looked skeptically at President Donald Trump\u2019s assertion that he can construct a massive new ballroom at the White House without approval from lawmakers, he\u2019s increasingly pointed to alleged attempts to harm him as a reason why the project should continue apace.\n    <\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=2967\">On Iran, Trump is committing the cardinal sin from the \u2018Art of the Deal\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n            The latest iteration of that argument came late Tuesday when a top political appointee at the Justice Department said a thwarted possible attack on the outdoor UFC fight held at the White House last weekend \u201cdemonstrates the compelling need\u201d for the nearly 90,000-square foot event space.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            The ballroom\u2019s \u201cmass and height will shield the White House grounds from attack, and give the Secret Service the visibility needed to identify attackers,\u201d Brett Shumate, the head of DOJ\u2019s civil division, told a federal appeals court in \n<\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201cIt will protect the president and guests at major events that are currently held in \u2018plastic tents that cannot even protect highly esteemed guests from inclement weather, let alone high caliber bullets or kamikaze drones,\u2019 \u2013 exactly the attack that this Sunday\u2019s would-be assassins plotted to launch,\u201d he wrote, referring to temporary structures that have historically been used for large events held on the White House\u2019s South Lawn.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            The missive represents the department\u2019s latest bid to use violence in Washington, DC, to buttress its arguments in defense of the project. Earlier this year, a shooting at the White House Correspondents\u2019 Dinner and a separate shooting incident near the White House were invoked by the administration as it sought to keep courts in the nation\u2019s capital from frustrating work on the ballroom.\n    <\/p>\n<div>\n<header>\n<span>\n      Related article\n    <\/span>\n<\/header>\n<section>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Construction work continues on a new East Wing of the White House in Washington, DC, as seen on May 31, 2026 from the Washington Monument.\" class=\"wp-image-2972\" height=\"144\" src=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/4ba25dbeab548ef1c49b55b2a2eb58c7.jpg\" width=\"256\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<span>Construction work continues on a new East Wing of the White House in Washington, DC, as seen on May 31, 2026 from the Washington Monument.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<figcaption>Saul Loeb\/AFP\/Getty Images<\/figcaption>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\n<span>Takeaways from the appeals court hearing on the White House ballroom project<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<div>6  min read<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            A three-judge panel at the DC Circuit Court of Appeals is poised to decide in coming weeks whether Trump is unlawfully constructing the ballroom, as a lower court in DC concluded this spring. During oral arguments before the panel earlier this month, the two judges who appeared ready to rule against Trump showed no interest in his national security arguments and instead focused largely on whether the law permitted the president to unilaterally carry out the project.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Critics have pointed to the fact that the planned ballroom would not be a substitute for the kinds of recent events where there was a threat to Trump\u2019s life and those of the people around him.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            After a suspected gunman showed up to the White House Correspondents\u2019 Dinner \u2013 where Trump and a host of other executive branch officials were present \u2013 at a hotel in DC in late April, DOJ pointed to the incident in a bid to get US District Judge Richard Leon to undo his ruling that would have halted construction on the ballroom.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            They later raised an incident near the White House last month as they reupped that request. In that case, Secret Service officers shot and killed a person who the agency said approached a security checkpoint just outside the White House complex and fired at them.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201cWhen completed, this highly knitted, integrated, and unified project, which is a singular and vital national security facility, will provide a \u2018SAFE HAVEN\u2019 from attackers,\u201d Justice Department lawyers  on May 24.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Leon, an appointee of former President George W. Bush, has yet to respond to the administration\u2019s ask.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Outside observers pointed out earlier this year that the annual press gala is a private event that\u2019s never held at the White House and that a new ballroom wouldn\u2019t change that reality. Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez noted at the time that Trump\u2019s decision to demolish the East Wing to make room for the ballroom happened long before the incident.\n    <\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=2966\">How to read the US-Iran draft agreement: Big commitments from Washington, not from Tehran<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201cThe idea that they are now trying to change the rationale for this in retrospect doesn\u2019t quite add up,\u201d she told CNN\u2019s Manu Raju in April. \u201cAnd in fact, the White House long had facilities for hosting, which also included the East Wing.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            For its part, the National Trust for Historic Preservation, which is waging the legal challenge to the ballroom project, has pushed back strongly on Trump\u2019s arguments.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            The group noted earlier this spring that it takes the president\u2019s safety seriously and that its case wasn\u2019t focused on whether there should be a new ballroom built at the White House, but rather whether Trump could proceed with such a massive change to the presidential residence without congressional approval.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201cWhat Saturday\u2019s awful event does not change is that the Constitution and multiple federal statutes require Congress to authorize construction of a ballroom on White House grounds, and that Congress has not done so,\u201d attorneys for the trust told the Justice Department following the incident at the Correspondents\u2019 Dinner.\n    <\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Fireworks explode during UFC Freedom 250, on the South Lawn of the White House, in Washington, D.C. on June 15, 2026.\" class=\"wp-image-2973\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/de9c4b32957d71fa041e19e762b9c00d-768x432.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/de9c4b32957d71fa041e19e762b9c00d-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/de9c4b32957d71fa041e19e762b9c00d-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/de9c4b32957d71fa041e19e762b9c00d.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>Video Ad Feedback<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>Inside the alleged plot to attack the White House UFC event\n                <\/div>\n<div>\n<span>\n                                        \n        \n            \n            \n        2:22\n                            <\/span>\n<span> \u2022 Source:\n                \n                    CNN\n<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Fireworks explode during UFC Freedom 250, on the South Lawn of the White House, in Washington, D.C. on June 15, 2026.\" class=\"wp-image-2974\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1ee806db1475060b4eb48ba4baae610d.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1ee806db1475060b4eb48ba4baae610d.jpg 768w, https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1ee806db1475060b4eb48ba4baae610d-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<svg><\/svg>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>Inside the alleged plot to attack the White House UFC event<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><span>        \n        \n            \n            \n        2:22\n<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            Leon, too, wasn\u2019t persuaded earlier this year that the entire project needed to continue for national security reasons.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            He clarified in April that his ruling halting the project excluded work on a highly sophisticated bunker being built under the ballroom, rejecting the White House\u2019s claim that both the underground and above-ground portion of the structure \u201cadvances critical national-security objectives as an integrated whole.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            But the DC Circuit put that decision on hold, permitting work to continue for now.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Sunday\u2019s UFC event took place outdoors at a large, temporary event space built on the White House grounds that included a towering, open-air \u201cclaw\u201d structure in which the fights unfolded. Officials have said around 100,000 people were expected to gather near the White House for the event, which was held on Trump\u2019s 80th birthday as part of programming for the United States\u2019 250th anniversary. The event also featured a festival for fans on the Ellipse.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Officials said on Tuesday that multiple people who they claim discussed plans to attack the event were charged in connection with the alleged plot. Authorities say the planned attack allegedly included the use of drones and a gunman. The plans were detected last week, officials said, and Trump still attended the event.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            The planned ballroom, Trump\u2019s attorneys told the appeals court on Tuesday, \u201cwill support a highly sophisticated drone port and sniper nests atop the ballroom that would destroy any effort to launch such an attack\u201d in the future.\n    <\/p>\n<div>\n<p>CNN\u2019s Holmes Lybrand, Hannah Rabinowitz and Kaanita Iyer contributed to this report. <\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=2955\">Trump invokes law to increase weapons production after Iran war depleted US stocks<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Federal courts have looked skeptically at President Donald Trump\u2019s assertion that he can construct a massive new ballroom without approval from lawmakers<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2968,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2975","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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