politics
Who is Judge Christopher Cooper, who blocked Trump's Kennedy Center plans?
U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper of Washington, D.C., delivered a blow on Friday to President Donald Trump‘s planned two-year renovation for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, previously set to commence on July 5, and ordered the president’s name to be removed from the arts center.
TL;DR
- U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper halted President Trump's two-year renovation plan for the Kennedy Center.
- Cooper ordered Trump's name to be removed from the arts center.
- The judge was nominated by President Barack Obama and confirmed unanimously by the Senate.
- Trump has referred to Cooper as a 'Radical Left Democrat'.
- Cooper has presided over cases related to the January 6th Capitol riot.
- Trump publicly criticized the judge's decision, citing structural dangers in the building.
- The ruling was delivered on John F. Kennedy's 109th birthday.