The Trump administration ’s overhaul of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool has become even messier, with newly obtained federal documents showing that the contractor hired to repaint the basin bright blue secured what government officials themselves described as an “inflated” profit margin while still struggling to stop the pool from leaking. The latest revelations, first reported by  the New York Times , arrive just weeks after the Trump administration was sued over the controversial renovation project, which critics argue bulldozed past the normal federal review process for changes to one of Washington’s most recognizable historic landmarks. At the center of the dispute is Atlantic Industrial Coatings, a Virginia company with no previous federal contracts that was selected earlier this year to repair the Reflecting Pool ahead of celebrations tied to the country’s 250th anniversary. President Donald Trump initially claimed the work would cost less than $2 million and take about a week to complete.…