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Chanley Painter reports on the legal battle surrounding White House ballroom construction after an appeals court blocked the project. Former administration official Stephen Miller argues the facility is a national security necessity. Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner said Tuesday he was going to keep a piece of President Donald Trump's White House ballroom as a paperweight "after we all blow it up." "In about 10 to 15 years, we are all going to be sitting here with smiles on our faces," Krasner said, according to video footage obtained by WCAU. "And I'm going to have a paperweight sitting on my desk. And do you know what that paper weight's going to be? It's going to be a piece of the ballroom after we blow it up." Krasner, who has previously called Trump a fascist and said he would hunt down Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) offic
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