The Trump administration reportedly spent more than $527,000 mounting a statue of slave-owning Founding Father Caesar Rodney in Washington, after the monument was taken down in its previous home of Delaware in 2020.
As part of efforts to spruce up the capital ahead of American 250th anniversary celebrations, the National Park Service spent at least $527,226 installing the statue in Freedom Plaza, near the White House, on an expedited no-bid contract that nearly doubled original price estimates, reports Mother Jones, citing contract documents.
