Judge Halts Land Transfer for Planned Trump Presidential Library in Downtown Miami

The judge’s order leaves the property under the control of Miami Dade College for now.
Judge Halts Land Transfer for Planned Trump Presidential Library in Downtown Miami
A parking lot adjacent to the Freedom Tower was voted by Florida officials to be donated as the potential site for President Donald Trump's future presidential library, in Miami, Fla., on Sept. 30, 2025. Joe Raedle/Getty Images
Bill Pan
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A Florida judge has paused the transfer of a downtown Miami lot slated to become the site of the Trump Presidential Library, ruling that the process violated the state’s transparency law.

In an order issued on Nov. 3, Judge Mavel Ruiz of Florida’s 11th Judicial Circuit granted an emergency injunction requested by historian and activist Marvin Dunn, who sued to stop Miami Dade College from handing over a 2.6-acre parcel next to Miami’s iconic Freedom Tower to the state of Florida.