TRUMP BALLROOM DEAL SHIELDS DONOR IDENTITIES, LIMITS CONFLICT SAFEGUARDS

Newly released documents show the Trump administration set up a legal framework allowing hundreds of millions of ​dollars in anonymous private donations to fund a planned White House ballroom, while limiting the scope of federal conflict-of-interest ‌reviews tied to the project.

The agreement — signed in October between the White House, the National Park Service and the Trust for the National Mall — lays out the legal and financial framework for a roughly $400 million project that would mark the most significant change to the White House complex in decades.

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