Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email Email * SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our Privacy noticePresident Donald Trump has nominated a long-time loyalist to lead the Interior Department’s inspector general’s office, the body set to investigate the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool disaster. Trump subsequently lashed out at the former Fox News host, claiming she had “choked” under pressure and “folded like an umbrella.” Burgum retaliated to that criticism on X, declaring: “The evidence is clear, vandals have repeatedly caused damage to the Reflecting Pool.” The president claimed, without evidence, the number was “probably” inspired by ex-FBI director and longtime foe James Comey.