Trump's Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool Work Comes Under Scrutiny: 4 Things to Know
The Park Service bypassed competitive bidding and said the urgent work had to be finished before 250th birthday events, federal records show.
- On Thursday, The New York Times revealed the National Park Service awarded a $1.7 million no-bid contract to Greenwater Services for a Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool purification system that struggled as algae blooms and peeling paint emerged.
- To meet the deadline for the country's 250th birthday, the NPS bypassed competition by citing an emergency exemption, Interior Department spokeswoman Katie Martin said.
- Records show Greenwater Services is owned by J.J. Cafaro Investment Trust, led by John J. Cafaro, a Trump donor with prior convictions for bribery and campaign finance violations; the firm had received only one other federal contract.
- Interior Department officials stated they were unaware of Cafaro's political ties when selecting the firm, adding that "this company was selected because they had the expertise, work force and materials" to meet the timeline.
- Crews continue vacuuming algae and applying hydrogen peroxide while awaiting the permanent purification system, as satellite imagery confirms this year's bloom is the largest to occur in the last five years.
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Firm tied to Trump donor got no-bid contract to clean reflecting pool
WASHINGTON — A business tied to a longtime supporter of President Donald Trump was given a no-bid contract to install a water-purification system in the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool earlier this spring. The post Firm tied to Trump donor got no-bid contract to clean reflecting pool appeared first on Hawaii Tribune-Herald.
Northeast Ohio company owned by Trump supporter received $1.7M to clean Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool water
Greenwater Services, owned by John Cafaro, received a no-bid contract to install a water cleaning system at the pool, now dealing with green algae and peeling paint.
Trump's Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool work comes under scrutiny: 4 things to know
President Trump’s efforts to renovate the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool have not gone smoothly, despite the president maintaining he has a lot of experience with pools. Questions have swirled about the no-bid, multimillion dollar contract given to complete the pool renovations, one of several Trump beautification projects in Washington, D.C., ahead of the U.S.’s 250th...
New scandal erupts after Trump-linked firm gets $1.7M no-bid deal to ‘clean’ reflecting pool before any algae appeared
Donald Trump’s Reflecting Pool project was supposed to be a simple story: renovate it, take credit, and brag about it. Instead, it is quickly becoming a case study in corruption playing out in plain sight. Just days after the Reflecting Pool was renovated, the Trump administration handed a $1.7 million no-bid contract to Ohio-based Greenwater Services to install a purification system next to the Lincoln Memorial. What followed quickly raised eye…
Firm tied to Trump donor got no-bid contract for Reflecting Pool | Honolulu Star-Advertiser
WASHINGTON >> A business tied to a longtime supporter of President Donald Trump was given a no-bid contract to install a water-purification system in the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool earlier this spring.
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