Democratic Rep. Joyce Beatty, who is suing President Donald Trump and the Kennedy Center Board of Trustees over the president’s takeover of the arts institution, revealed this week in court documents that she failed to check her spam folder before accusing the Trump administration of not inviting her to an upcoming meeting.
In a court filing last week, Beatty, an ex officio member of the center’s board, claimed she wasn’t invited to an upcoming meeting where Trump’s construction plans will be finalized. But one of her lawyers later admitted the invite had actually gone to her email’s spam folder.
“Upon further investigation, it appears that the email regarding the Board meeting was routed to Plaintiff’s spam folder,” Beatty’s counsel confirmed after Trump’s lawyers brought up the possibility.