Trump’s $1.5M Reflecting Pool project has ballooned to nearly $20M after costly blunders
- The Trump administration awarded American Ag Energy Inc. a $2.65 million contract to repair water purification equipment at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.
- The new contract brings the total cost of the refurbishing project to nearly $20 million, significantly exceeding the original $1.5 million budget.
- Project costs surged after repeated algae blooms and a botched blue sealant installation that peeled shortly after application.
- U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro moved to dismiss vandalism charges against former Olympian David Hearn after the Interior Department admitted the liner damage was caused by installation errors.
- Hearn’s lawyers are seeking a dismissal with prejudice, alleging the case was a politically motivated attack pushed by Donald Trump.
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