The National Park Service says the liner at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool was cut with a knife or razor and U.S. Park Police released surveillance footage seeking public help to identify a person seen by the water.Frank Lands filed a court statement detailing cuts to foam sealant, damage to the surface material and about 70 fence post tops found thrown into the pool following a nearly completed $16M rehabilitation that installed a rubber-like liner.President Donald Trump had ordered the renovation and publicly blamed unidentified vandals, saying tools were used to cut the lining and claiming arrests were made while prosecutors have not yet released full charging information.The Cultural Landscape Foundation sued to halt the project and the
National Park Service plans to drain the pool after July Fourth celebrations to inspect and repair the lining while inquiries into possible criminal destruction of government property continue.