特朗普政府近日承认，林肯纪念堂反射池的严重损坏并非源于破坏行为，而是由政府承包商大西洋工业涂料公司的安装缺陷所致[1]。特朗普任命的联邦检察官珍妮·皮罗在法庭文件中要求撤销对前奥运运动员大卫·赫恩的刑事指控，并承认初始指控缺乏证据支持[1]。
特朗普此前曾声称左翼破坏者在池底切割了300米长的裂缝[1]，但经调查这一指控系虚假。7月17日的专家检查显示，池底衬里在安装过程中反复失效并大范围剥落[1]。内政部提供的695兆字节文件证实安装过程仓促且存在缺陷[1]。获得该项目无竞争招标合同的大西洋工业涂料公司此前曾在特朗普位于弗吉尼亚的高尔夫俱乐部游泳池进行过工作[1]。
The Trump administration has admitted that damage to the Reflecting Pool at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington resulted from contractor installation defects rather than the deliberate sabotage previously alleged [1]. Federal Prosecutor Jeanine Pirro, appointed by Trump, filed court documents requesting dismissal of criminal charges against David Hern, a former Olympic athlete who was wrongfully accused, and acknowledged that the initial accusations lacked evidentiary support [1].
The damage to the pool's liner was caused by Atlantic Industrial Coatings, a contractor that secured the project through a non-competitive bid and had previously performed work on the swimming pool at Trump's Virginia golf club [1]. Trump had claimed that left-wing vandals cut a 300-meter-long crack in the pool bottom, but this assertion was false [1]. Expert inspection conducted on July 17 revealed that the pool's bottom liner failed repeatedly during installation and experienced widespread peeling [1]. Internal documents totaling 695 megabytes from the Department of Interior demonstrated that the installation process was rushed and defective [1].