A federal judge has denied the Department of Justice’s request to lift an order requiring the removal of President Donald Trump’s name off the facade of the Kennedy Center.

The news comes after the Trump loyalist board of the Kennedy Center voted to seek a stay of U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper’s May 29 ruling that said Trump’s name was illegally added to the performing arts center.

According to MS Now, workers have already erected a scaffolding to remove Trump’s name from the building.

The board’s loss comes as the Washington National Opera has filed a lawsuit against the Kennedy Center alleging that the performing arts center failed to return over $17 million in donations made to the opera company after they split earlier this year.

On May 29, U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper ruled that the renaming of the Kennedy Center was illegal and blocked the Kennedy Center from temporarily closing its doors for a years long renovation. The ruling caused President Donald Trump to complain and release a long winded truth social post stating he would be transferring all the power back to the congress so they could figure out what to do with the performing arts center. A fews days after the ruling, the presidents name was removed from the website’s logo.

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