Reyes has scheduled an Oct. 19 evidentiary hearing requiring sworn testimony from Interior Department Deputy Chief of Staff Gregory Wischer and National Park Service official Jessica Bowron on who authorized cutting down 430 of 729 trees slated for removal after the government notified the court at 4:55 p.m. on the Friday before a holiday weekend. In a 21 page opinion blocking further tree cutting through Oct. 26 and requiring three business days' written notice before any permanent course modifications, Reyes questioned the government's claim of routine landscape restoration, writing that it was a "coincidence, the government seems to suggest, that (they) cut down 100s of trees at the course weeks after the President asked the department to cut down trees at the Course and not, say, any other time in the last 7 years."
Tuesday, October 20, 2026
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Judge Reyes Orders US to Clarify Golf Course Stance by 8 P.M. After Trump Post
US Politics2 days ago
Quoting a Sunday social media post by President Donald Trump, US District Judge Ana Reyes ordered the government to explain by 8 p.m. whether it still stands by its positions in the lawsuit over tree clearing at Washington's East Potomac Golf Links. The order comes a day after the Trump administration moved to disqualify Reyes from the case in a filing signed solely by Associate Attorney General Stanley Woodward, accusing her of hostility toward the administration, disregard for the separation of powers, and improper treatment of Justice Department lawyers who objected to being "belittled" and "shouted at."
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