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原告最新法庭文件辩称，肯尼迪中心违反了暂停关闭的法院命令
作者：詹姆斯·西罗内，福克斯新闻
2025年12月，联邦上诉法院作出裁决后，工作人员开始移除华盛顿特区肯尼迪中心上的唐纳德·特朗普姓名标识。法院驳回了保留特朗普姓名的最后上诉请求，而该标识是在当年12月董事会全票通过后增设的。
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俄亥俄州民主党众议员乔伊斯·比蒂指控肯尼迪中心管理层故意放任华盛顿特区这一场所沦为“毫无生气的空壳”，拒绝恢复常规演出和节目安排。比蒂是肯尼迪中心的当然董事会成员，她最初于2025年12月对唐纳德·特朗普总统提起诉讼，当时董事会决定在建筑上增设与肯尼迪并列的特朗普姓名标识。
根据周五提交的法庭文件，比蒂的法律团队辩称，由特朗普担任主席的现任董事会“拒绝采取任何措施维持中心运营，并将于2026年7月5日实质上关闭该表演艺术场馆”，违反了5月的法院命令。
“他们计划将肯尼迪中心变成一个毫无生气的空壳，”比蒂的律师写道。
乔纳森·特利：特朗普在肯尼迪中心的姓名标识之争将让律师忙上数年
2026年6月12日，华盛顿特区肯尼迪中心的脚手架旁，众议员乔伊斯·比蒂正在发表讲话，一旁的建筑工人正在作业。（《华盛顿邮报》）
肯尼迪中心的律师回应称：“法院的命令并未强制要求董事会重新安排此前取消的演出日程，也没有要求他们寻找新的演出项目。”
福克斯新闻数字频道已联系肯尼迪中心和白宫寻求进一步置评。
美国地区法官克里斯托弗·库珀此前下达的禁令阻止了肯尼迪中心启动计划中的为期两年的翻新工程。库珀同时下令移除建筑上的特朗普姓名标识，该工作已于上周末完成。
库珀上月发布的94页裁决书中并未明确要求立即恢复演出，因为当时“至少已有一些重启排练、演出和教育项目的计划”。
联邦法官下令移除肯尼迪中心的特朗普姓名标识，称只有国会有权更名
他同时指出，董事会“负有开展中心节目运营、维护肯尼迪总统纪念设施的明确责任，绝不能完全停止演出活动”。
2025年12月6日，华盛顿特区，唐纳德·特朗普总统在椭圆形办公室为2025年肯尼迪中心荣誉奖得主发表讲话，获奖者包括摇滚乐队KISS的音乐家保罗·斯坦利、吉恩·西蒙斯和彼得·克里斯，演员西尔维斯特·史泰龙和迈克尔·克劳福德，以及乡村音乐家乔治·斯特雷特。（亚伦·施瓦茨/盖蒂图片社）
肯尼迪中心表示，管理层将开始提交重启计划的相关建议。该场馆的律师称，董事会正在考虑多种方案，包括完全关闭、暂停所有节目；部分关闭，仅保留部分区域向公众开放并在未受影响的场地举办演出；以及分阶段修复计划，全面恢复节目安排。
肯尼迪中心的律师表示，这些方案尚未最终敲定，将于7月中旬进行投票。
特朗普解雇肯尼迪中心董事会成员，称其涉及变装表演，并自任主席
这场围绕肯尼迪中心的争端始于2025年2月，也就是特朗普第二次就职总统后不久。他替换了多名董事会信托成员，同时任命自己为信托成员。
由特朗普盟友组成的新董事会随后选举他担任主席，使其得以解雇该中心前主席黛博拉·拉特。特朗普在2025年5月的一次演讲中声称，在拉特的领导下，董事会“浪费了数百万美元，给我们留下了2600万美元的预算赤字”。
约翰·F·肯尼迪纪念表演艺术中心，以及下令移除特朗普姓名标识的美国地区法官克里斯托弗·库珀。（盖蒂图片社/美国华盛顿特区地区法院）
“此外，节目安排完全失控，充斥着泛滥的政治宣传、多元包容平权项目和不当演出。我们举办了一些非常不合适的演出，这么说吧——我觉得，说得客气一点就是这样，”特朗普补充道。
同样在2025年5月，新董事会剥夺了全部23名当然成员的投票权。这类成员包括知名民主党人，如参议院少数党领袖查克·舒默，以及特朗普政府官员，包括国务卿马可·卢比奥和教育部长琳达·麦克马洪等人。
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今年2月，特朗普在Truth Social平台上宣布了为期两年的关闭计划，该计划随后因比蒂的诉讼被暂停。
这场风波在6月13日达到高潮，工作人员开始移除肯尼迪中心上的特朗普姓名标识。此前的标识为“唐纳德·J·特朗普与约翰·F·肯尼迪纪念表演艺术中心”。
詹姆斯·西罗内是福克斯新闻数字频道突发/热点新闻团队的撰稿人。新闻线索可发送至james.cirrone@fox.com。
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Dem who sued to remove Trump’s name from Kennedy Center now says venue becoming ‘lifeless husk’ in fresh fight
June 20, 2026 2:15pm EDT / Fox News
The latest court filing from the plaintiff argues that the Kennedy Center is violating order halting shutdown
By James Cirrone, Fox News
Workers begin removing Donald Trump’s name from the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. following a federal appeals court ruling. The court denied a last-minute appeal to keep Trump’s name on the building, which had been added after a unanimous board vote in December.
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Those in charge at the Kennedy Center have been accused by Rep. Joyce Beatty, D-Ohio, of purposely allowing the Washington, D.C., venue to languish into a “lifeless husk” by not resuming regular shows and programming.
Beatty, an ex officio board member of the Kennedy Center, initially filed the lawsuit against President Donald Trump in December 2025, when the board decided to install signage displaying his name alongside Kennedy’s on the building.
According to a Friday court filing, Beatty’s legal team argued that the current board, with Trump as chairman, is in violation of a May court order by “refusing to take any steps to maintain the Center’s operations, and will effectively close the Center as a performing arts venue come July 5, 2026.”
“They plan to turn the Kennedy Center into a lifeless husk,” Beatty’s lawyers wrote.
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Rep. Joyce Beatty speaks near scaffolding at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., on June 12, 2026, as construction workers work nearby.(The Washington Post)
Lawyers for the Kennedy Center responded by saying: “The Court’s order did not affirmatively require the Board to reschedule programming that had previously been cancelled or to seek new programming.”
Fox News Digital reached out to the Kennedy Center and the White House for additional comment.
The order from U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper prevented the Kennedy Center from initiating its planned two-year closure for renovations. Cooper also ordered Trump’s name be taken off the building, which happened last weekend.
Cooper’s 94-page order last month did not explicitly say that shows must immediately resume, given that there are “at least some plans to restart rehearsals, performances and educational programming.”
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He did say that the board “bears an affirmative duty to carry out the Center’s programming and maintain a memorial to President Kennedy. It may not simply stop putting on shows altogether.”
President Donald Trump delivers remarks in the Oval Office during the medal presentation ceremony for the 2025 Kennedy Center Honorees, including musicians Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons, and Peter Criss of the rock band KISS, actors Sylvester Stallone and Michael Crawford, and country musician George Strait on Dec. 6, 2025, in Washington, D.C.(Aaron Schwartz/Getty Images)
The Kennedy Center said its management would begin presenting recommendations for plans to reopen.
The venue’s lawyers said the board is considering several options, including a full closure with no programming, a partial closure that would keep some areas open to the public and allow performances in unaffected spaces, and a phased repair plan that would revive a full programming schedule.
A vote on these options, which they say have not been finalized, will be held in mid-July, Kennedy Center lawyers said.
TRUMP FIRES KENNEDY CENTER BOARD MEMBERS CITING DRAG SHOWS, APPOINTS HIMSELF CHAIRMAN
The battle over the Kennedy Center began in February 2025, shortly after Trump was inaugurated for a second time as president. He replaced several trustees on the board, while also appointing himself a trustee.
The new Trump-allied board then elected him chair, enabling him to fire the previous president of the center, Deborah Rutter. In a speech in May 2025, he claimed that under Rutter’s leadership, the board “wasted millions and millions of dollars and handed us a budget deficit of $26 million.”
The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts and alongside U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper, who ruled that President Donald Trump’s name be removed from the building.(Getty / and the U.S. District Court of D.C.)
“In addition, the programming was out of control with rampant political propaganda, DEI, and inappropriate shows. We had some very inappropriate shows, to put it—I think, to put it very nicely,” Trump added.
Also in May 2025, the new board stripped all 23 ex officio members of voting rights. Members of this category include notable Democrats, such as Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, as well as Trump administration officials — Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Education Secretary Linda McMahon among them.
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In February of this year, Trump announced the two-year closure on Truth Social, which was later blocked as a result of Beatty’s lawsuit.
The saga culminated on June 13, when workers began removing Trump’s name from the Kennedy Center. The sign previously read “The Donald J. Trump and John F. Kennedy Memorial Center For The Performing Arts.”
James Cirrone is a writer on the Breaking/Trending News team at Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to james.cirrone@fox.com.
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