Plaintiffs in Kennedy Center suit urged court to appoint a caretaker

The plaintiffs suing over President Donald Trump's overhaul and attempted renaming of the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts have urged the court to appoint a receiver for the property after the board voted to close for renovations.

After returning to the White House, Trump replaced the old board of directors and overhauled its performance play list. The board later voted to name the opera house after first lady Melania Trump and eventually chose to add Trump's name to the whole facility's name, prompting the lawsuit.

After the board voted to close for renovations this week, the group of historical organizations that sued over the name change asked the court to consider appointing an official to oversee the property amid the litigation.

“If the current leadership of the Kennedy Center is unwilling or unable to exercise its fiduciary duty to protect the historic building and the grounds of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the court should consider appointing a receiver or replacing that leadership,” they wrote, according to The Hill.

“The court has invited our coalition of eight nationally recognized architectural and preservation organizations to raise additional requests for relief if new facts appear to warrant judicial intervention. We are on the verge of such a moment," they added.

The Kennedy Center suffered a partial ceiling collapse this year, and the board insisted that adding Trump's name to the compound was the only way to secure his personal support to keep the center afloat.

But a federal judge shut down all proposals to add Trump's name this week, saying that they lacked authorization from Congress.

The board then voted for the third time to close for renovations.

Ben Whedon is the Chief Political Correspondent for Just the News. Follow him on X.