U.S. Park Police Seek June 19 Suspect in $16 Million Lincoln Reflecting Pool Vandalism
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Updated · The Daily Beast · Jun 25
U.S. Park Police Seek June 19 Suspect in $16 Million Lincoln Reflecting Pool Vandalism
3 articles · Updated · The Daily Beast · Jun 25
Summary
U.S. Park Police on Wednesday asked the public to help identify a person of interest in a June 19 destruction-of-government-property case at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.
Video released by the agency shows the suspect splashing in the water around 3:36 p.m. and pulling up what appeared to be a flap of blue paint from the pool.
The investigation lands as the $16 million Trump-ordered renovation has already drawn scrutiny after the refilled pool turned green with a severe algae bloom and workers used hydrogen peroxide and scraping to contain it.
Trump has blamed "leftist" vandals, said six people were arrested and seven cited, and promised evidence in court, though the administration has not publicly produced proof of the broader sabotage claims.
The pool is now expected to be emptied and refilled again around the Fourth of July for what Trump called a permanent repair, extending a politically charged dispute over the memorial project.