President Donald Trump packed the commission that will need to sign off on his massive White House ballroom addition with close allies with little to no public planning experience. Despite tearing down the East Wing,

President Trump fired all six sitting members of a board that oversees architecture in D.C., as he plans a slate of major building projects — including a massive White House ballroom.

The demolition of the White House's East Wing appears to break policy requiring a federal commission to oversee and approve construction projects in Washington.

In a move that has raised eyebrows (not those of any significant Democrats, who are presumably asleep) and sparked legal challenges, President Donald Trump has completed the previously denied demolition of the White House East Wing to make way for a garish new ballroom about which even Napoleon might have told his architect to calm down.

WASHINGTON — Demolition to build President Donald Trump’s new ballroom off the East Wing of the White House can begin without approval of the commission tasked with vetting construction of federal buildings, the Trump-appointed head of the panel said ...

President Trump’s demolition of the White House’s East Wing to make room for a $300 million ballroom has raised questions about who has the authority to allow the work. Since Monday, demolition crews and an excavator have been spotted tearing down part of the historic building.

He has covered several presidential campaigns and the Obama, Trump and Biden administrations. His executive producer credit include "The Takeout with Major Garrett" and the CBS News original podcast "Agent of Betrayal,