Lawsuit filed over Trump’s Reflecting Pool renovations 

A group sued over President Trump’s Reflecting Pool project on Monday, arguing the renovation at the National Mall violates environmental and preservation laws. 

The Cultural Landscape Foundation and its founder, Charles Birnbaum, said the blue paint coating is “altering the historic character” of the Reflecting Pool without authority. 

“The dark grey, achromatic basin was not incidental to the design. It was the design,” the lawsuit states. 

The suit was filed in federal district court in Washington, D.C. The group quickly asked for an emergency intervention that immediately stops the project. 

“President Trump has done more to make our nation’s capital a shining beacon than any other president in the history of this country,” an Interior Department spokesperson said in a statement.

“The National Park Service chose the best company to expedite the repair of........

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