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Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said Sunday that the government will use the same company that was awarded a multimillion-dollar, no-bid contract to paint the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool to repair damage to its original work.<\/p>\n

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Burgum said in an interview on CNN\u2019s \u201cState of the Union\u201d that the company the government used to paint the base of the pool \u201cAmerican flag blue\u201d did \u201cextremely well,\u201d alleging that chunks of paint have become loose because of vandalism.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe will use the same company because they did a fantastic job,\u201d Burgum said.<\/p>\n

The administration has faced scrutiny after it awarded a $13.1 million, no-bid contract to paint the pool to Atlantic Industrial Coatings, a company that previously worked on Trump properties.<\/p>\n

Trump originally estimated the price at $1.5 million to $2 million. Atlantic Industrial Coatings owner Eddie Wood told NBC News last month that the project was initially priced at $13.1 million and then increased to $14.6 million, citing additional work from the National Park Service.<\/p>\n

Pieces of the blue paint have come loose since work on the pool concluded, and algae bloomed in the water, giving it a bright green shade. The government awarded an additional $1.7 million contract to Green Water Solutions, a company linked to a wealthy Trump donor, to eliminate the algae.<\/p>\n

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Trump, without evidence, claimed that the paint was coming off because vandals cut large gashes in the floor. Several people have been arrested and cited since Trump\u2019s claim, and U.S. Olympic canoeist David Hearn was indicted last week on a single count of destruction of property after he was accused of causing more than $1,000 worth of damage to the pool.<\/p>\n

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Hearn has denied wrongdoing and has said he did not remove, tear or destroy the coating. He previously told NBC News he was arrested and detained for five hours after he touched a piece of already detached coating during a bike ride to \u201csatisfy my curiosity as a citizen.\u201d<\/p>\n

Asked about Hearn\u2019s arrest Sunday, Burgum said Hearn can \u201csay what he wants to say\u201d and the courts will decide whether he is at fault.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou can be a former governor, you can be a former this, you can be a former that, but just because you were a former something doesn\u2019t exclude you from the law today,\u201d Burgum said.<\/p>\n

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