Trump Threatens ABC
US President Donald Trump threatens to sue ABC for reporting on Reflecting Pool costs, claiming false reporting
S. S. President Donald Trump has threatened to sue broadcaster ABC for its reporting on the cost of repairing damage sustained by the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington DC. S.
president said the network had not reported costs incurred by previous administrations in maintaining the landmark. " Trump did not give any evidence for the $100 million claim, but prior reporting by PBS indicated that former president Barack Obama's administration spent around $35 million on repairs for the monument. No major repairs to the pool are known to have been carried out during the Biden administration. He also claimed that the damage to the monument has been caused by vandalism, but no evidence that the Reflecting Pool was intentionally damaged has been provided by the White House.
" NBC News reported that at least five people have been arrested in connection with the alleged vandalism. "We are preparing lawsuits against ABC for false reporting. S. Treasury," Trump added, also referencing $16 million that ABC paid to settle a defamation case he filed in 2024.
The network paid $15 million, which was put toward Trump's presidential library, and an additional $1 million in legal fees. 65 million. This exceeded the original estimated cost of the no-bid contract — that was not awarded by competitive tender — by more than $4 million, according to federal contract data. 74 million contract awarded to Green Water Solutions, an Ohio-based company, to install a "nano bubble" system to kill algae, using a similar no-bid process.
This would have brought the cost of the entire project to more than $16 million. The latest action against ABC comes as the broadcaster faces two investigations from the Federal Communications Commission, led by Trump appointee Brendan Carr. The FCC also demanded that ABC submit early renewal applications for eight of its local broadcasting licenses. S.
president called for Kimmel's firing. The stations were reportedly not scheduled to apply for renewal until 2028 at the earliest. On Monday, ABC said it was launching an on-air campaign encouraging viewers to support the network after its daytime talk show "The View" was investigated under federal "equal time" rules for political candidates,