Plaintiffs said the “volcano of corruption, if allowed to go forward, will mark an inflection point in American history.”

Plaintiffs said the “volcano of corruption, if allowed to go forward, will mark an inflection point in American history.”

A federal judge refused to halt the UFC Freedom 250 cage fights set for this weekend at the White House, despite a lawsuit that called the event a “volcano of corruption” that will mark “the first private, for-profit sporting event ever held on White House grounds.”

In a ruling on Friday, U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta, an Obama appointee, said he rejected the plaintiffs’ emergency application because they failed “to establish both a substantial likelihood of standing and irreparable harm, and because the equities and public interest weigh against emergency relief.”

The case was brought by activist Susan Douglas and Vietnam War veteran Paul Romano, who challenged the use of the Lincoln Memorial chamber and the South Lawn of the White House. Represented by the Public Integrity Project, they alleged that the event runs afoul of federal regulations and isn’t the purely patriotic display that Donald Trump and UFC head Dana White have portrayed.

  • ZaktorEnglish
    29·
    6 days ago

    The public interest? What is the public interest of a fight on the Whitehouse lawn? Even if this wasn’t gross and corrupt, it has basically zero value to the nation.

    • Postmortal_Pop@lemmy.world
      11·
      6 days ago

      Another event where trump will be in an open aired area with too many angles to possibly cover and a loud, attention grabbing distraction.

        • halcyoncmdr@piefed.socialEnglish
          4·
          6 days ago

          One might argue the same about Mar-A-Lago, yet someone managed to hide in a bush for 12 hours with a rifle. A bush the Secret Service knew paparazzi hide in to take photos… so not an unknown threat. And they even managed to actually get away, only detained later during a traffic stop.

          We’re not exactly seeing the highest level of protection and competence around the Rapist in Chief. Probably because loyalty is the only prerequisite for him, not capability.

          • CharlesDarwin@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            6 days ago

            Probably because loyalty is the only prerequisite for him, not capability.

            And that loyalty is mostly all performative bullshit. These assholes will all turn on him the very moment they think they could get away with it.

    • CharlesDarwin@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      6 days ago

      It’s about pumping up the T and the sperm level counts of our Nazi youth manly males who apparently the likes of Brainworms and Jesse Watters seem really concerned about.