Trump is still claiming vandals destroyed the Reflecting Pool - ignoring the facts laid out by his own team

President Donald Trump is standing by his claim that vandals destroyed the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool — even after federal prosecutors he appointed told a court a botched installation ruined the pool’s lining. While campaigning for Republican candidates in Perry, Georgia, on Saturday, Trump told supporters his administration cleaned all the graffiti off fountains and statues in Washington, D.C., repeating claims of vandalism in the nation’s capital that have been disproven by Trump-appointed federal prosecutors. “Even the Reflecting Pool, you hear the fake news. So much fake news. It was built in 1922, and it hasn’t worked ever,” Trump claimed. “It’s the longest swimming pool in history. It goes all the way from Lincoln to George Washington, covers the whole territory and it always leaked.”Trump continued: “And we had tremendous vandalism. And we had it pretty well, but we’re gonna undo it anyway because we had to the pipes. We wanted to get it done for July 4 temporarily.”President Donald Trump on Saturday repeated claims that the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool was vandalized (Reuters)“If you take a look, the water is at now 90 percent,” Trump added, noting it will take several more days to refill. The 80-year-old president has continued to claim that politically-driven vandals were responsible for damage that was a result of the contractor he hand-picked to install a new lining at the pool last spring. The Reflecting Pool has long been a concern for Trump, who on Monday posting a lengthy rant on Truth Social saying that it was now “70% filled with water and looking good” before warning that anyone who damages it “will GO TO JAIL.”This is a developing story, check back for updates...