Look what this muthafucker says about the destruction of the East Wing

[IcyPeas]

From NY Magazine... article is free for a limited time (it says)

Will Scharf, who is also a top White House aide, recently claimed the board only has jurisdiction over construction at federal buildings, not destruction.

In July, Trump promised the project “won’t interfere with the current building. … It’ll be near it but not touching it — and pays total respect to the existing building, which I’m the biggest fan of.”

But that same month, the White House put out a press release that said, “The site of the new ballroom will be where the small, heavily changed, and reconstructed East Wing currently sits.”

So understandably, people were caught off-guard when they saw a backhoe tearing through the outer façade of the East Wing on October 20.

And while federal law says the National Capital Planning Commission must vet even relatively minor construction and renovation projects at the White House, the project has not been submitted to the board.

That may sound kind of illegal, and indeed experts have alleged that the White House is violating federal law by moving forward with the ballroom project. But Trump-appointed National Capital Planning Commission chair Will Scharf, who is also a top White House aide, recently claimed the board only has jurisdiction over construction at federal buildings, not destruction.

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