President Donald Trump acknowledged on Sunday that there was ‘no video or proof’ of alleged vandalism to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool after weeks of claiming that damage to the pool’s surface was the deliberate work of saboteurs.
Background
The president had previously insisted that the damage to the Reflecting Pool was purposely destroyed by criminal vandals. However, he now admits that there is no evidence to support this claim.
Trump also said that there was ‘some contractor error done by rushing the job for a July 4th opening.’ The president said that contractors were ‘working on the Pool, and it will reopen shortly,’ but said that ‘it was a very small area of this massive Pool’ which was damaged, calling it ‘relatively inconsequential.’
The Justice Department moved to dismiss the case against former Olympian David Hearn, who was accused of vandalizing the pool. Hearn’s lawyers said they were ‘reviewing all legal remedies’ for what they described as ‘continued harassment.’
Original reporting: Brookhaven News – ABC7 New York — read the source article.
