Democratic US Representative Joyce Beatty of Ohio, who brought the lawsuit that forced Trump’s name to be removed, called the request to extend the two-week-old deadline “inexcusable” and part of “a pattern of non-compliance”, according to the DOJ filing.
The centre opened in 1971 as a memorial to President John F Kennedy, a Democrat assassinated in 1963. Trump, a Republican, has packed its board of trustees with allies since resuming office last year.
Hours before the DOJ filing, a federal judge in Washington had declined the department’s request to pause an order to remove Trump’s name.
US District Judge Christopher Cooper said he would not lift the order while a federal appeals court considers his ruling that only Congress could rename the venue. The administration appealed that order to the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, which also rejected the government’s request for a pause on Friday.
The White House and the Kennedy Center did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
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