In an interview with CNN on Sunday, Burgum claimed, without providing evidence, that the cuts at the bottom of the pool were caused by vandals. He also said that the pool will be “partially drained” in order to make necessary repairs in the coming weeks.
“Every farmer and rancher in America… knows that it [the coating] would never just peel off or fall off. This is a strong material,” Burgum said. “The only way you can end up with actual slices in one spot and not the other is that someone physically cut it.”
“The reflecting pool had gone for, you know, decades without vandalism, but now we've got cameras up and we've got more eyes on it... if anyone were to do something now, we would have better video evidence of that happening,” Burgum said.
The companies that won the no-bid contracts
According to the New York Times, Atlantic Industrial Coatings submitted a bid that charged 20 percent of profit margin, far exceeding the usual profit margins for other federal contractors which range from six percent to 12 percent. The bidding process as well as the quality of the company’s work are both now under congressional investigations.
Last month, the reflecting pool turned from blue to green days after the renovation was complete, and contractors were seen pouring bottles of hydrogen peroxide into the pool in an attempt to kill the algae.
The owner of the company, John J. Cafaro, has been a longtime donor to Trump’s campaign since 2016, FEC filings show. In 2010, Cafaro pleaded guilty to campaign finance violations over donations to his daughter's congressional campaign. He also pleaded guilty to bribing a Democratic congressman from Ohio in 2001.
“The water is relatively the same as the water that you would see out in a regular lake somewhere,” Antinone said.
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