WASHINGTON — A federal judge ordered the removal of Donald Trump's name from the Kennedy Center last month. On June 13, a Kennedy Center official informed U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper that all references to Trump had been removed from the center, both online and from the building.

This confirmation to the court followed Judge Cooper's May 29 order. The judge had ruled that the Kennedy Center board lacked the authority to unilaterally rename the building. "Congress gave the Kennedy Center its name, and only Congress can change it," Cooper wrote.

Scaffolding and a tarp were erected at the center on June 13, the day after Cooper's deadline for removing Trump's name. The board had previously voted to add Trump's name to the building. In December, the signage was changed to read: "The Donald J. Trump and The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts."

Mallory Miller, a co-founder of the activist group Hands Off the Arts and a former employee in the center's artistic programming department, provided photos showing the scaffolding and tarp. "What is clear to me is the Trump administration does not want to see that building without Trump's name on the facade before they could go through all their appeals," Miller said Monday night. The center did not respond to a request for comment Monday night regarding why the tarp and scaffolding remained.

Congress named the building the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in 1964. President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the bill naming the center into law in January 1964, following John F. Kennedy's assassination in November 1963. "Trump thought he could come in and take this crown jewel of arts and culture," Miller said. "We're fighting back and telling him he can't."