Blanche defers to Trump on Pirro’s future over Reflecting Pool case: ‘That’s his call’

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche on Wednesday deferred questions on U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro’s future to President Trump, saying “that’s his call.” Blanche, who once was Trump’s personal attorney, told reporters that “Judge Pirro is doing a great job” a day after the president said h

Trump’s pick for U.S. attorney general also said he is “not worried” about making it through the Senate, even though he can only stand to lose one more Republican vote.

The Justice Department knew or should have known for weeks that its case against a former Olympian charged with intentionally damaging the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool was flawed, and that he bore no responsibility for longstanding problems at the landmark, defense lawyers said Tuesday.

Sam Stein and Andrew Weissmann discuss the Justice Department’s dismissal of charges over damage to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, potential recourse for Olympian David Hearn, and Trump’s response.

Failed DOJ Reflecting Pool case just the latest 'politicized' misfire  USA Today

President Trump continues to insist that the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool was vandalized, even after D.C. U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro admitted in court that it was not.  Speaking to reporters outside of Air Force One in Los Angeles Tuesday night, Trump defended the contractor who handled the pool’s renovation, desp

U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro met with President Trump at the White House Monday afternoon amid questions about her future, sources familiar with the matter told ABC News.

Lawyers for a former Olympian charged with damaging the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool say that the Justice Department knew or should have known for weeks that its case was flawed

Trump Gives Update On Whether He Will Fire Jeanine Pirro After Reflecting Pool Debacle  huffpost.com

Lawyers in Reflecting Pool case say Justice Department knew case was flawed  AP News

The U.S. Justice Department knew or should have known for weeks that its case against a former Olympian charged with intentionally damaging the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool was flawed, and that he bore no responsibility for longstanding problems at the landmark, defense lawyers said Tuesday.

Lawyers for a former Olympian charged with damaging the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool say that the Justice Department knew or should have known for weeks that its case was flawed

Pirro’s About-Face in Pool Case Followed Prosecutors’ Private Concerns  WSJ

Attorneys for the former Olympic canoeist the Trump administration had charged in a felony Reflecting Pool case are seeking to permanently bar any effort to resurface what they called a “politically motivated prosecution” of their client.

Anna Moneymaker / Anna Moneymaker, Getty Images The mystery of Jeanine Pirro’s oversized white box has been solved. The top federal prosecutor in Washington, D.C., was photographed leaving the White House on Monday with a large white box and several bags after a meeting with President Donald Trump that reportedly turne

Pirro Hauled a Box of Reflecting-Pool Evidence to Trump Meeting  New York Magazine

Federal prosecutors in Washington, D.C., dropped criminal charges against three remaining people accused of vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, days after U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro’s office abandoned a felony case against former Olympic canoeist David Hearn. The dismissals came the same week that Presid

US president's hand-picked DC attorney in firing line after dropping charges for vandalism of Washington landmark.

The former Fox News star couldn't sustain Trump's fantasy. Her downfall is classic MAGA tale

U.S. Attorney for D.C. Jeanine Pirro was seen with a large box as she left the White House Monday after her meeting with President Trump.

US president Donald Trump has accused the US attorney Jeanine Pirro of “folding” after dropping charges against alleged vandals of the Reflecting Pool – but there’s one problem.

President Trump said Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. attorney for Washington, D.C., “folded like an umbrella.” For now, her job appeared to be safe, according to two people familiar with the meeting.

Todd Blanche’s nomination for attorney general cleared a major hurdle this week after two Republican senators who had raised concerns agreed to back him. Blanche gave written assurances that a $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization fund” designed to pay Trump allies would not be resurrected, and that a settlement between Tru

Charges Against Remaining Reflecting Pool Case Defendants Dropped Despite Trump Complaints  forbes.com

Top prosecutor claimed her office had been provided with ‘less-than-fulsome information’

Pirro, a former Fox News host and longtime Trump ally, is the top federal prosecutor in Washington.

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

Atty for Ex-Olympian speaks out after Reflecting Pool vandalism case dropped  CNN

Move to dismiss charges marked a rare moment during Trump’s second term of an aide or political appointee openly defying him

Trump ‘disappointed’ with US attorney amid reports he’s considering removing her from her post Trump’s reflecting pool saga: a timeline Donald Trump accused US attorney Jeanine Pirro of having “folded like an umbrella” amid reports that he was considering removing her from her post. Trump criticized Pirro on Monday a

President Donald Trump says US Attorney Jeanine Pirro “choked” and “folded like an umbrella” in moving to drop charges against a former Olympian accused of vandalising the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.

Trump says Pirro ‘folded like an umbrella’ in bid to drop Reflecting Pool vandalism charges  Toronto Star

Trump claimed surveillance footage proved the pool's new liner had been vandalized and argued that Jeanine Pirro, a close political ally, should have continued pursuing the case.

Donald Trump lashed out at Jeanine Pirro, the former Fox News host serving as U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, after she moved to dismiss a felony indictment of the alleged vandal of the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool. Speaking to reporters on Monday, Trump said that he “was disappointed in Jeanine Pirro.

“I was disappointed in Jeanine Pirro. Really disappointed in Jeanine Pirro,” he added. “She folded like an umbrella.”

President Donald Trump said Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, "choked" and "folded like an umbrella" in the Reflecting Pool case.

Trump blasts Jeanine Pirro, says she 'choked' in dropping reflecting pool case  Reuters

Hearn was chosen at random and put through the wringer for no reason, until cleared.

Prediction markets put Jeanine Pirro's exit odds near certain after Trump's public split over the Reflecting Pool.

Sunday on NBC's "Meet the Press," Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) said U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro "was right to pull back" the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool vandalism charge against a former Olympian.