Judge Appoints Special Master to Determine if Trump Officials Lied in Golf Course Suit
3 outlets (NYT, Axios and CBS News) are covering this story.
How outlets are covering this: 3 outlets ran their own headlines on this story. Words most headlines share: “Golf”, “Officials”, “Course”, “Judge”. Distinct wording: NYT uses “Determine” and “Appoints”; Axios uses “whether” and “probe”; CBS News uses “misconduct” and “inquiry”. (Computed from the headlines below.)
- NYT reports: “Judge Ana C. Reyes said an outside investigator would help determine whether parks officials or Justice Department lawyers withheld plans for Washington’s East Potomac Park.”
- Axios reports: “A federal judge announced Friday she plans to appoint a special master to investigate whether Justice and Interior Department officials misled the court about the Trump administration's plans to re…”
- CBS News reports: “U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes said she will conduct a formal inquiry into whether government officials engaged in misconduct.”
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- NYT: Judge Appoints Special Master to Determine if Trump Officials Lied in Golf Course Suit
- Axios: Judge to probe whether Trump officials lied in golf course case
- CBS News: Judge opens misconduct inquiry into Trump officials in golf course case
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