Hours before the deadline Friday, the Trust for the National Mall mostly evaded questions in response to a letter from Democratic senators concerned about President Donald Trump 's White House ballroom project.

Neither did the trust, a non-profit group based in Washington, D.C., provide the documentation that the lawmakers had requested.

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NBC News has previously reported that the trust is stewarding the millions of dollars in private donations paying for the 90,000 square foot ballroom, though in the past it has focused on smaller, non-partisan projects like preserving Washington, D.C.’s cherry blossom trees and renovating horse stables on the National Mall.

The Democratic lawmakers had expressed deep skeptici

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