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Proof: Trump’s own contractor admits its shoddy work caused the problem at the Reflecting Pool - not vandals

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22435c38b31980a04421f72d723f95a7b9afc0cbe01bfc568c08fa2d49b507f5

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1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-22435c38b319.json prints 22435c38b31980a04421f72d723f95a7b9afc0cbe01bfc568c08fa2d49b507f5. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. There is no OpenTimestamps receipt for this record yet.
3. Open the Wayback Machine's captures above: the capture of the record page shows this hash as it stood then, and the capture of the story page shows the newsroom's own page.

This headline has not been sealed. Headlines are sealed automatically within minutes of first being seen; older ones are sealed on request, and are then marked as a backfill.