The legal dispute dates back to February, when the DC Preservation League and others sued over redevelopment plans for the park.
The historic course, which sits 2 miles (3km) south of the White House, is one of three public courses run by the National Park Service in the nation’s capital.
The legal fight then escalated in October, when the NPS began to cut down hundreds of trees without notifying Reyes until 15 hours before work was set to begin.
After the trees were cut, Reyes ordered the Trump administration to stop tree removal until at least 26 October and give her three business days’ notice about making any other permanent changes.
Despite the work stoppage, Trump announced that the course would be closed for 15 months from 15 November to accommodate the renovations. He also shared a rendering of the course redesign.
“The current Course is old, broken, dilapidated, and of no further use or effect. It is in very poor condition, with falling, dangerous, and disease-infested trees and, importantly, a collapsing and hazardous seawall,” he said in a post to Truth Social.
Reyes has since separately opened an inquiry into whether the justice department attorneys “have made misrepresentations to the court and otherwise violated ethical rules”.
That included whether giving late notice to the court about the renovation plans was “done in bad faith” and whether the attorneys failed to correct previously false statements or withheld information.
She said she would carry out the inquiry with a special master, an independent third party.
