White House ballroom cleared for now, but question remains: Can president legally use donations to build it?

The Supreme Court said construction of a White House ballroom can continue. AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite The fate of President Donald Trump’s estimated US$400 million White House ballroom may hinge on the little-known and somewhat surprising rules as to when the federal government and its agencies can accept privately donated funds. That’s because Trump’s using the fact that he’s been accepting private donations to pay for at least some of the project’s cost as a justification for not needing…