司法部撤回肯尼迪中心关停案4100万美元成本说法承认引用错误版本报告
位于华盛顿特区的肯尼迪艺术中心（Kennedy Center）临时关停诉讼又有进展：10月22日披露的联邦法院文件显示，美国司法部在该案中提交“更正通知”，撤回其核心成本论点。政府此前称，分阶段翻修比临时整馆关闭多花4,100万美元；更正通知承认，该比较引用的并非董事会8月13日会议前收到的6月8日版咨询报告（160页），而是8月20日才交给中心的另一版本（180页），董事会投票前从未见过。司法部律师在文件中写道“被告对这些错误表示遗憾”，并称更新版报告已在证据开示中交给原告方，但未提出新的成本比较替代。案件由俄亥俄州民主党众议员 Joyce Beatty 提起，由联邦地区法官 Christopher R. Cooper 审理，关乎特朗普政府改造、关停肯尼迪中心的计划。
DOJ Withdraws $41M Cost Claim in Kennedy Center Closure Case, Admitting It Cited the Wrong Report Version
WASHINGTON, DC — The lawsuit over the temporary closure of the Kennedy Center in the District of Columbia took a new turn: federal court filings disclosed on October 22 show that the U.S. Department of Justice submitted a "notice of correction" in the case, withdrawing its core cost argument. The government had said a phased renovation would cost $41 million more than a temporary full closure; the correction acknowledges that the comparison cited not the June 8 consulting report (160 pages) that the board received before its August 13 meeting, but a different version (180 pages) delivered to the center on August 20, which the board had never seen before voting. DOJ lawyers wrote that "the defendants regret these errors," said the updated report had been turned over to the plaintiffs in discovery, and offered no replacement cost comparison. The case was brought by Rep. Joyce Beatty, an Ohio Democrat, and is before U.S. District Judge Christopher R. Cooper; it concerns the Trump administration's plan to remodel and close the Kennedy Center.
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