Timeline of Trump’s Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool Renovation Saga

President Trump vowed to restore the Reflecting Pool, a defining feature of Washington. Months later, it is empty and closed to the public.

'Botched installation' or 'vandalism'? Reflecting pool saga rages on  USA Today

Trump lashed out at his long-time ally after she admitted his hand-picked contractors botched the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool refurb - and not, as he has repeatedly claimed, "vandals"

As charges are dropped against ex-Olympian, flawed work by Trump-connected contractor emerges as culprit Donald Trump’s Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool saga appears to be winding down after prosecutors dropped vandalism charges against former Olympian David Hearn. On Friday, Trump appointee and US attorney Jeanine Pir

Daniel Heuer / REUTERS The “radical vandals” President Donald Trump blamed for ruining the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool have turned out not to be the culprits after all. The president repeatedly accused unknown “thugs” of slicing into the landmark after its multimillion-dollar renovation, but his own Justice Depar

The U.S. Justice Department has moved to drop its case against a former U.S. Olympian who was accused of vandalizing a portion of the newly renovated Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, a court filing showed on Friday.

The Justice Department moved Friday to dismiss a criminal case charging former Olympian David Hearn with damaging the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.

CNN breaks down DOJ’s admission that Reflecting Pool renovation was flawed  CNN