Judge presiding over panel removal case tours President's House on Independence Mall
PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- The judge presiding over a lawsuit pushing to restore interpretive panels at the President's House on Independence Mall surveyed the site in-person on Monday.
United States District Judge Cynthia Rufe toured the spot where the panels were removed.
Each panel tells the stories of nine people enslaved by President George Washington at the site.
The City of Philadelphia says the Trump Administration lacked the authority to take them down, and filed a preliminary injunction to restore them.
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Judge Rufe says she also had a chance to view the panels, confirming that they have not been destroyed.
The judge filed an order on Monday morning that bars any further removal or destruction of the President's House site pending further orders from the court.
