Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton accused President Donald Trump of turning two troubled national projects into examples of "corruption," linking the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool renovation and the planning of America’s 250th anniversary celebrations to no-bid contracts and politically connected spending.
Clinton Links Pool Mess To Corruption Claims
"Why can’t Trump clean a pool, or throw a real 250th party? It’s not (just) incompetence. It’s also corruption," Clinton wrote Monday in a post on X.
Clinton attached several images to the post, including one highlighting a report from watchdog groups Public Citizen and the Revolving Door Project. The groups said roughly 80% of federal money allocated for the 250th anniversary celebrations has gone to Trump-aligned entities under the "Freedom 250" banner.
The report said the Trump administration directed nearly $126 million in federal awards toward semiquincentennial celebrations, including about $103 million for Freedom 250 events and networks. Public Citizen and the Revolving Door Project described that $103 million as about 80% of the total federal awards.
