Burgum weighs in on alleged Reflecting Pool vandalism case after DOJ dismissal

Interior Secretary Doug Burgum has publicly rejected the Justice Department's assessment that faulty construction was responsible for damage to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. Burgum doubled down on claims that vandals were the cause of the alleged damage.

The dispute follows the Justice Department's decision to move to dismiss a felony destruction-of-property charge against a former individual, concluding that structural issues rather than intentional vandalism led to the incident.