U.S. Justice Department files motion that some legal critics say reads like a Trump social media post

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The U.S. Justice Department has asked a federal judge to throw out a lawsuit that has impeded President Donald Trump's plans for a White House ballroom, saying its opponents "suffer from Trump derangement syndrome" and that an alleged assassination attempt on the president showed the ‌project was necessary.