The Justice Department has certified to a federal court that President Donald Trump’s name has been removed from all physical signage at the Kennedy Center, complying with a court-ordered deadline.
In a filing submitted about an hour before a judge’s noon deadline on Saturday, the department said Trump’s name had been removed from “all physical signage on the Kennedy Center building and grounds.”
A declaration from Kennedy Center Executive Director Matt Floca stated that the removal extended beyond signage. Trump’s name was also taken off employee email signatures, internal and external email communications, letterhead, brochures, promotional materials, press releases, contracts, and other official documents.
In addition, Trump’s name had already been removed from the Kennedy Center’s website and YouTube page.
The certification followed a last-minute effort by the Trump administration to halt the removal. Government attorneys had asked the court to intervene before a midnight Friday deadline and later sought a 12-hour extension, citing thunderstorms in Washington, D.C., that they said created safety concerns for workers carrying out the changes.
A federal judge in Washington granted the brief extension and ordered the administration to certify by noon Saturday that it had complied with the court’s directive.
The filing confirms that the required changes were completed within the extended timeframe, bringing the administration into compliance with the court order.
























