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Trump Awards Contracts to Donors After Pool Damage Probe

8/9/2026

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U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro dropped charges against four individuals after finding faulty construction caused Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool liner to peel in 2026.
U.S. President Donald Trump called the damage vandalism and awarded contracts to Atlantic Industrial Coatings and Greenwater Services, whose owners donated to his campaign, before his July 4, 2026 birthday.
Creative Polymers president Rodney Jarboe met in March with golf-club manager David Schutzenhofer to apply a polyurea coating.

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U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro dropped charges against four individuals after finding faulty construction caused Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool liner to peel in 2026.
U.S. President Donald Trump called the damage vandalism and awarded contracts to Atlantic Industrial Coatings and Greenwater Services, whose owners donated to his campaign, before his July 4, 2026 birthday.
Creative Polymers president Rodney Jarboe met in March with golf-club manager David Schutzenhofer to apply a polyurea coating.