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Trump's Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool makeover faces a lawsuit and a $13m price tag
Key takeaways
- Ana Faguy Washington EPAA project to fix and paint the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, which President Donald Trump said would cost $1.8m (£1.33m), is now expected to cost $13.1m, federal records show.
- Trump awarded the contract for the work to a Virginia company he had previously used to repair pools at one of his golf clubs, going around a requirement that mandates the government see competing offers.
- That decision prompted a lawsuit from a nonprofit organisation that asks for work to be halted, arguing Trump ignored laws that limit changes to historical landmarks.
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Ana Faguy Washington EPAA project to fix and paint the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, which President Donald Trump said would cost $1.8m (£1.33m), is now expected to cost $13.1m, federal records show.
Trump awarded the contract for the work to a Virginia company he had previously used to repair pools at one of his golf clubs, going around a requirement that mandates the government see competing offers.
That decision prompted a lawsuit from a nonprofit organisation that asks for work to be halted, arguing Trump ignored laws that limit changes to historical landmarks.
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