South China Morning Post
AsiaPac · 9 mins ago
‘Folded like an umbrella’: Trump attacks ally prosecutor over Reflecting Pool case
US President Donald Trump sharply criticised US Attorney Jeanine Pirro on Monday for dropping a case of alleged vandalism at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington, saying she had “choked” under pressure from a judge and “folded like an umbrella”.
“Instead of going after the people that did it, the judge went after her and went after her department, and I guess she choked. I don’t know what the hell happened,” Trump told reporters.
Pirro’s office said in a court filing on…
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