DOJ seeks to keep door open to re-charge David Hearn in Reflecting Pool case

Prosecutors argue the Reflecting Pool vandalism case against David Hearn should be dismissed without prejudice, which would leave the door open to re-charge him.

Prosecutors suggest a case against David Hearn could be ‘re-presented’ unless a judge agrees to the Olympian’s motion to throw out the case

Attorney General Todd Blanche said Sunday that he backs U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro, in spite of President Trump’s recent criticism of her. “I absolutely support U.S. Attorney Pirro, as does President Trump. Now, that’s different than whether the president is extraordinarily frustrated at w

AG Blanche called Pirro's overall work ‘phenomenal’ while acknowledging that President Trump remains frustrated over the dismissed Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool case.

“Now, that’s different than whether the president is extraordinarily frustrated at what happened in that case. And I don’t in any way fault him for that.”

US Attorney General Todd Blanche defended Jeanine Pirro for dismissing a federal vandalism case in a decision that angered President Donald Trump, saying the top prosecutor in Washington, DC, should be judged fairly.

Photo Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/Getty/Reuters Donald Trump’s botched Reflecting Pool revamp has now become an ethics problem for his embattled MAGA prosecutor Jeanine Pirro. Amid ongoing tension between Pirro and the president, a coalition of about 90 lawyers, retired judges and other prominent le