Documents described by multiple outlets indicate that David Schutzenhofer, an employee of the Trump Organization who manages the president’s New Jersey golf club, is involved in efforts related to repairs to the reflecting pool near the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. According to reporting, Schutzenhofer reaches out to a vendor that the government later hires for work at the memorial site. The exchanges are portrayed as part of the planning or renovation process for the reflecting pool, sometimes referred to in reporting as part of the administration’s latest D.C. project. The New York Times reports that documentation shows Schutzenhofer contacting a vendor that later becomes part of the contracted work for the site. The Independent similarly reports that the manager is providing input or suggestions connected to the renovations. The accounts focus on the existence of involvement by a Trump Organization employee and the link between that involvement and a vendor later selected by the government. Both outlets frame the information as based on records rather than direct statements from contractors or officials in the excerpts.