# Federal judge opens inquiry into Trump administration’s golf course plans

https://mins.news/en/item/123239

- CNN, 2026-10-30 23:33 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.cnn.com/2026/10/30/politics/dc-golf-course-trump-justice-woodward-reyes?Date=20261030&Profile=CNN

> A federal judge has launched a formal investigation into whether Justice Department lawyers and others in the Trump administration misrepresented the president’s plans to renovate a golf course in Washington, DC, intensifying a high-profile clash between the White House and the courts.

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