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Presenter alleges contracts, calls for probe into $14,000,000 reflecting pool renovation
Summary
A presenter accused President Donald Trump of corruption and alleged a $14,000,000 reflecting pool renovation suffered defects and had contracts steered to friends and donors, and called for investigations into "grift and waste." The presenter also criticized a proposed "triumphal arch."
Presenter said, "And we're here today to call out the disgusting vanity, incompetence, and corruption of President Donald Trump," and alleged problems with a $14,000,000 renovation at the reflecting pool that she said has been repeatedly repaired.
The presenter said the pool project has been "plagued by algae" and that the pool's bottom is "chipping away and falling apart," adding that it was drained twice in three months for repairs. The presenter alleged that, to cover up the work, officials were "trying to put an innocent man to jail," and asserted that contracts for the work went to "Donald Trump friends and donors."
The presenter also criticized a separate proposal she described as a "triumphal arch," saying reporters asked who the arch was for and that, according to the presenter, Trump said, "me." She characterized the arch as part of an effort to turn public monuments into personal monuments.
On the renovation and monument remarks, the presenter said, "Now we are investigating all of this, and we're gonna find out who is profiting from these projects and find all the grift and the waste," and added, "we're just getting started." The transcript records no response or factual rebuttal to the presenter's allegations within these segments.
The presenter concluded by yielding to a senator. The transcript contains no formal motion, vote, or documented next procedural step on the allegations in the provided segments.
