Trump awards $6.9M contract to paint Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool blue, bypassing government spending rules, NYT reports.
The New York Times reports that President Trump used an exemption to steer a $6.9 million contract for painting the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool blue to a contractor who previously worked on his own pools, bypassing standard government spending rules.
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