DOJ tells judge it's 'nearly impossible' for Trump to comply with tree removal ban

Summary

Justice Department attorneys told a federal judge they feared sanctions because it would be “nearly impossible” to force the administration to comply with a court order halting tree clearing at a Washington golf course President Donald Trump wants to renovate. The claim came Thursday in a motion asking U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes to pause her Oct. 26 injunction while the administration appeals to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. It asks her to rule by Nov. 4. Reyes’s order bars the Interior Department and the National Park Service from cutting any more trees in East Potomac…

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