DOJ won’t rule out new charges for Reflecting Pool vandals as Trump calls to revisit dropped cases

The Justice Department is not ruling out possible new criminal charges connected to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool after reports that White House officials asked prosecutors to revisit their dropped case against Olympic canoeist David Hearn, as President Donald Trump has publicly pressed U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pir

In a letter, Rep. Jamie Raskin (D., Md.) questions whether prosecutors were misled in an attempt to conceal a “botched” renovation.

Trump Reportedly Seeks New Charges Against Ex-Olympian David Hearn  forbes.com

Trump spent the weekend raging over dropped charges after judge agreed to dismiss case against David Hearn

President Donald Trump’s repeated attempts to punish former Olympian David Hearn on the made-up vandalism of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool may backfire. The U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, Jeanine Pirro, was forced to drop the felony charges against Hearn on July 31 due to a lack of evidence, faulti

President Trump on Saturday posted photos of alleged vandalism to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool amid a push for U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro to revisit a recent decision to drop charges related to the pool. Late Saturday, the president posted two photos of what appeared to be graffiti