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Interior Secretary Doug Burgum went on offense Sunday over damage to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington, D.C., telling CNN's Dana Bash that officials have photographic proof vandals deliberately cut the newly installed liner — not that the Trump administration's renovation had failed.
The confrontation came days after former U.S.
Olympian David Hearn was indicted in connection with the alleged vandalism, giving Burgum's claims a concrete legal anchor even as evidentiary questions remain publicly unresolved.
The Vandalism Argument and Its Limits Burgum's central claim rests on the physical character of the damage.
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