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Trump administration drops Reflecting Pool vandalism charge and admits ‘botched’ repairs

President Donald Trump had blamed "sick" vandals, and a former Olympian had been charged, but prosecutors now say contractors caused the damage.

Trump administration drops Reflecting Pool vandalism charge and admits ‘botched’ repairs
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PRESSIVIO NEWS BRIEF · WORLD

Pressivio’s World desk has added the source report “Trump administration drops Reflecting Pool vandalism charge and admits 'botched' repairs” to its international monitoring stream.

President Donald Trump had blamed "sick" vandals, and a former Olympian had been charged, but prosecutors now say contractors caused the damage.

Original source: BBC World
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