Donald Trump‘s proposed $400 million ballroom got approval from a key capital planning commission on Thursday, even though public comments were overwhelmingly against the project.
The greenlight from the National Capital Planning Commission came after a federal judge ruled that the project could not move forward without congressional approval, although that decision is being appealed.
Trump-appointed members of the commission, which is dominated by the president’s appointees, dismissed public concerns over the project, saying that many of the comments were beyond the scope of their purvue.
The chairman of the commission, Will Scharf, who is assistant to the president and White House staff secretary, defended the project, citing a long list of past changes to the White House and the surrounding area.
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He said that many of the comments “dealt with issues beyond the scope of this commission, the
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