Trump rejects his own Justice Department's findings on Lincoln pool damage: ‘I disagree 100% with Jeanine Pirro’
Trump said he disagrees with findings by his own Department of Justice attributing the peeling lining of the newly refurbished Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington, DC, to faulty installation rather than acts of vandalism.
US President Donald Trump dismissed his own Department of Justice's findings regarding the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool damage, disputing the claim that the peeling lining was due to faulty installation rather than vandalism. He stated on the social media platform Truth Social, "I disagree 100% with Jeanine Pirro, the US Attorney for the District of Columbia, on the Reflecting Pool..."
Trump alleged that the major damage was caused by "VANDALS!" He also shared US Park Police footage, claiming it showed individuals vandalizing the pool while maintenance crews removed algae.
This came a day after the DOJ conceded in a legal submission that the $14 million refurbishment was "hasty and botched," dropping criminal proceedings against former US Olympic canoeist David Hearn and two others. The DOJ attributed the damages to a rushed and flawed installation process by the contractor, Atlantic Industrial Coatings, and the rush to complete the project before Independence Day celebrations. Despite the prosecutor's filing, Trump maintained that the government was minimizing the role of deliberate damage.
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