Dropped charges in reflecting pool 'vandalism' cases show rush to judgment

At a press conference on July 2, Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, said she had "tremendous evidence" proving that David Hearn had deliberately caused more than $1,000 in damage to the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool, making him guilty of a felony punishable by up to 10 years in prison. Th

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche declined Wednesday to say whether President Donald Trump should fire Jeanine Pirro after the president criticized the U.S. attorney for dropping charges against an Olympic canoeist accused of damaging the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. “If the president chose to fire a United Sta

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.

David Hearn's attorneys have moved to have his indictment for allegedly vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool dismissed with prejudice.

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

Trump still seems to think the question of individual guilt or innocence is irrelevant.

U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro’s decision to drop cases against people suspected of damaging the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool has opened a new line of scrutiny around the potential legal ramifications. As lawyers question what federal prosecutors knew and when, some suggested civil rights or defamation suits may follo

Kylie Cooper / REUTERS President Donald Trump’s crusade against the purported Reflecting Pool vandals has been hit with a humiliating roadblock. The office of Jeanine Pirro, the Trump-appointed U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, has dropped charges against three other individuals previously accused of destroyi

David Hearn has ‘number of potential remedies’ after being prosecuted in connection with pool damage, attorney says An attorney for the former Olympic canoeist who was charged with vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool has said that “all options are on table” for legal recourse after prosecutors recently aba

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

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Prosecutors filed the paperwork to drop charges against the four defendants on Friday

U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro drew President Trump's ire after she dismissed vandalism charges against a former Olympian who was accused of damaging the Reflecting Pool in Washington, D.C. CBS News' Nicole Sganga reports.

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’

Defense 'absolutely' concerned DOJ will file new Reflecting Pool charges  CNN

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

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

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.

The president also said Monday that he did not know the contractor who did the work on the pool.

The president ignored a question about whether he was considering firing her.

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

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

Federal prosecutors moved to drop their case against David Hearn, blaming Reflecting Pool damage on a "botched installation" rather than vandalism. That has implications for others who were charged.

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.