Trump has said he intends to prosecute people who dipped their hands in the Reflecting pool and.........

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10. The gap between 20 feet and 171 feet twice over is a contradiction.

Or inconsistency if you prefer. Maybe a basic math issue.

It seems irresponsible to me to report an allegation by an anonymous source that contradicts a Park Police report and coincidentally feeds into Trump's claims of a long-gash. I am suspicious of the source of that second anonymous report. It's shoddy reporting not to reveal the source and simply claim the paper reviewed it. I noted also that there is no disclaimer about lack of evidence for the long-gash, unlike for the shorter one.

At the time I read the article a few days ago, I thought MAGA would jump on it. Lo and behold.

If there is no evidence of the cuts, I don't believe it. The NYT regurgitating Administration claims via a Park Police report that, for all we know, makes false assumptions or jumps to conclusions, is not evidence. What is really happening here of course is Trump trying desparately to put the blame on anyone else but himself. It's disgusting how he gets others to pay for his own failures and incompetence.