DAVID MARCUS: Reflecting pool controversy is mirror for our broken politics

Jeanine Pirro dropped charges against David Hearn after documents revealed the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool damage stemmed from flawed contractor work.

DOJ to drop Reflecting Pool vandalism case against David Hearn  ESPN

A former Olympian will not face trial after federal prosecutors acknowledged that the Trump administration’s claims of vandalism were false.

US Attorney Jeanine Pirro, a Trump appointee, acknowledges that the peeling sealant is result of 'botched installation'.

The US Justice Department moved Friday to dismiss a criminal case charging a former Olympian with deliberately damaging the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. Government lawyers said in a 20-page court filing that information provided since the indictment of David Hearn shows that the damage was the result of a “flawed

Hearn said he only touched a piece of paint that had peeled off from the reflecting pool.

The July 31 court filing reveals that the sealant at the bottom of the Reflectiong Pool had "[a]lmost immediately" begun peeling after the work.