A dispute over a public golf course in the heart of Washington DC has taken an unexpected turn, moving beyond questions of landscaping and redevelopment to the conduct of the federal government itself. What began as a legal challenge to President Donald Trump's plans to transform a historic recreational space has now prompted a judicial investigation into whether government lawyers misrepresented the administration's intentions. With hundreds of trees already removed and construction plans facing resistance, the case has become a test of how far the government can go when a court has ordered it to stop.
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