Council packed with Trump allies aims to change historic site protections so he can remake DC in his image

‘For us, it felt like a bait and switch,’ says Ira Matt of the National Association of Tribal Historic Preservation Officers, which holds a seat on the federal Advisory Council on Historic Preservation

An advisory council packed with Trump allies voted to weaken federal oversight of construction projects affecting historic sites. Critics are concerned that this move will open the floodgates to endangering preservation of historic and cultural places across the country. Jeffrey Brown discussed more with Phillip Kennic