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Five people have been arrested and an additional five cited for vandalism at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, President Trump said Monday as he blamed political saboteurs for the peeling paint and a green algae bloom wrecking his much-hyped $14 million renovation.<\/p>\n

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Trump told reporters in the Oval Office that vandals \u201cvery violently\u201d cut close to a 300-foot gash in the pool\u2019s new \u201cAmerican flag blue\u201d lining with \u201ca box cutter or knife of some kind.\u201d<\/p>\n

A White House official added that 14 police reports were filed in connection with vandalism on the Reflecting Pool, including one report regarding the large gash Trump described.<\/p>\n

National Guard members and officers from various regional law enforcement agencies have been patrolling the area around the Reflecting Pool since this weekend, when Trump said \u201cdisgraceful vandalism<\/u><\/span>\u201d was responsible for damage to the newly renovated pool. He said the pool would once again be drained and fixed.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had people lifting up \u2013 it\u2019s not a lot of damage, but we\u2019ll probably have to let the water out and fix it,\u201d Trump told reporters in the Oval Office on Monday.<\/p>\n

Neither the president nor the White House has offered specific evidence that the pool was purposefully vandalized, and questions remain whether the fast-tracked sealing and painting of the pool may be to blame.<\/p>\n

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The Trump administration awarded Atlantic Industrial Coatings a no-bid $6.89 million contract in April to resurface the pool with his color choice, \u201cAmerican flag blue.\u201d Millions more were added to the contract in May and June, bringing the total cost for the paint job and waterproofing to nearly $15 million.<\/p>\n

U.S. Park Police arrested David \u201cDavey\u201d Hearn, a former U.S. Olympian, on Friday on suspicion of touching a strip of the pool that had become dislodged; Hearn told The Washington Post he didn\u2019t vandalize the pool. Authorities have not released the identities of the other individuals arrested.<\/p>\n

Trump said the Interior Department, which oversees the U.S. Park Police, has photos of the incident, but it remains unclear if they will be released.<\/p>\n

The Interior Department confirmed the number of arrests, citations and police reports and said that Park Police \u201cwill continue to carry out their number one duty of upholding law and order in our nation\u2019s capital.\u201d<\/p>\n

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