Acting Attorney General Urges Court to Allow White House Ballroom Construction

Blanche said the White House press dinner shooting proves the need for the new ballroom.

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche during a press conference on the White House Correspondents' Dinner shooting, at the Justice Department in Washington on April 27, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times

Acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche asked a federal judge to reverse his own block and allow construction on the White House ballroom to continue, arguing the project would help assure the safety of the first family and White House employees.

The filing with the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia came late on the evening of April 27 after the April 25 shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner at the Washington Hilton Hotel.