Trump's $14.7m Pool Cover-up Scandal Under Fire After Contractor Admits Its Own Repairs Caused the Damage

Kennedy Center Claims It Needs Trump’s Name on the Building to Survive, Reflecting Pool Contractor Says It—Not Vandals—Was Responsible for Fiasco, and the Commanders’ Loss Could Have Been Worse

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Trump's $14.7m Pool Cover-up Scandal Under Fire After Contractor Admits Its Own Repairs Caused the Damage

The contractor repairing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool has admitted that poor workmanship and incompatible chemicals caused widespread liner damage.

Contractor blames its own repairs, not vandals, for reflecting pool failure

The contractor that renovated the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool has told the Trump administration that errors in its own work and flaws in the repair plan, not vandalism, caused the...

Contractor: Damage tied to repairs

WASHINGTON — The contractor responsible for renovating the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington told President Donald Trump's administration that errors in its work and flaws in the repair plan caused the pool's liner to peel and break loose, the…