Trump Donor's Company Secures $1.7 Million Contract for Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool Overhaul The federal government awarded a company owned by a Trump donor a $1.7 million contract to install a new water cleaning system for the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, federal records show. The no-bid contract to install a "Nano Bubble" filtration system went to Green Water Solutions, an Ohio-based company whose owner is listed as "JJ Cafaro Investment Trust" on federal contracting documents. John J. Cafaro, the president and CEO of the trust, is identified as a major donor to Republican candidates and conservative causes, including significant contributions to former President Donald Trump's campaign and Trump-linked groups. Cafaro gave $250,000 to the Trump Victory fundraising committee in 2020 and has also made donations to Democratic candidates in the past. Cafaro, a businessman and real estate developer, has a history of legal troubles, including pleading guilty to campaign finance violations in 2010 over donations to his daughter's congressional campaign. He also pleaded guilty to conspiring to bribe former Democratic Rep. James Traficant nearly a decade earlier and cooperated with prosecutors. Cafaro and his wife own a home in Palm Beach, Florida, less than a mile from Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort. Green Water Solutions, also known as Greenwater Services, was hired in April by the Department of the Interior to replace the pool's failing filtration infrastructure with the Nano Bubble system. The contract was awarded without a competitive bidding process, citing a federal rule for projects of "unusual and compelling urgency.#department_of_the_interior #lincoln_memorial_reflecting_pool #john_j_cafaro #green_water_solutions #trump_victory
