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Judge Asks Whether Officials' Golf Course Plans Matched Their Courtroom Version
· New York time
A federal judge has opened a formal inquiry into the conduct of Trump administration officials in the East Potomac case, including whether they misled the court about plans for a municipal golf course. The inquiry examines officials' conduct; it is not itself a finding that they misled the court. The case puts an ordinary public facility at the center of an extraordinary question about candor. A court deciding a dispute needs an accurate account of the plans before it. If the description given to the judge is in doubt, the inquiry can examine what officials knew and what they communicated. The golf course setting supplies a contrast. The public may think of a municipal course as a place for a slow round and a modest fee. The judge is now considering whether the government's account of its intentions deserves a much closer look. For people who use the course, the plans matter because they concern a public amenity. For the court, the issue includes whether officials were straightforward about those plans. The scorecard that matters in this inquiry is not the one kept on the course. It is the record of what was said in court.
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