A federal judge sharply criticized Trump administration officials Monday over the removal of hundreds of trees from Washington, DC’s historic East Potomac Golf Links, saying the government had failed to provide adequate notice despite her previous instructions to notify the court before major work proceeded.
\n\nU.S. District Judge Ana Reyes, who was appointed by former President Joe Biden, repeatedly raised her voice during a hearing over work at the 106-year-old public golf course, according to Newsweek.
\n\nThe government notified the court on October 9 that restoration work, including tree removal, would take place. Two days later, plaintiffs challenging the project said 529 trees had already been felled.
\n\nReyes said the removal of more than 500 trees without adequate notice “has cost the government all of its credibility” in the case.
\n\n“I trusted you all not to do precisely what you have done,” Reyes said, adding that she was “at a total loss” to understand the government’s actions.
\n\nAn attorney for the government said the administration had done its best to comply with Reyes’s previous orders requiring notice before trees were cut.
\n\n“No you did not do your best. You did your absolute worst,” Reyes responded.
\n\nWhen Justice Department attorneys said…
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