Trump’s Twisted Leverage in Arts Center Renaming Revealed

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Carlos Barria / REUTERS Supporters of President Donald Trump tried to strong-arm the Kennedy Center into keeping Trump’s name on the building by making millions of dollars in funding conditional on the rebrand, according to allegations contained in a court brief filed Friday. The new court brief was prepared by lawyers for Democratic Rep. Joyce Beatty, according to The Washington Post . The brief claims that the Kennedy Center’s leaders transferred $17.5 million in funding from The Trump Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Foundation to the institution on the condition that it be rebranded…

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Trump’s Twisted Leverage in Arts Center Renaming Revealed
Carlos Barria / REUTERS Supporters of President Donald Trump tried to strong-arm the Kennedy Center into keeping Trump’s name on the building by making millions of dollars in funding conditional on the rebrand, according to allegations contained in a court brief filed Friday....