Morning Shots: Justice Department Drops FOUR Additional Reflecting Pool Cases

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With four collapsed cases, it appears the president’s embarrassment led to sham prosecutions.

Prosecutors in Washington, D.C., have moved to dismiss charges against three more people accused of vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.

After revelations that a botched renovation, not vandalism, had caused the pool’s recent problems, the U.S. attorney’s office has dropped several prosecutions.

What a new Justice Department filing says about the ‘botched’ Reflecting Pool renovation  CNN

US President Donald Trump posted on Saturday, August 1, that he disagrees with his own Justice Department’s findings that a

US President ⁠Donald Trump posted on Saturday ⁠that he disagrees with his ⁠own Justice Department’s findings that a flawed installation, not vandalism, caused the lining of the newly renovated Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington to peel. “I disagree 100% with Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. Attorney for the District

The US president pushes back after a federal prosecutor says damage caused by 'botched' installation, not vandalism.

A vandalism case against former Olympian David Hearn was dropped by the Justice Department on July 31.

Trump disputes his own Justice Department's findings on Reflecting Pool  Reuters

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

Federal prosecutors say rushed contractor work, not vandalism, caused damage leading to charges against an Olympian

District of Columbia U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro has requested that all charges be dropped against David Hearn, the three-time Olympian who had faced up to ten years in prison for vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.

Contradicting claims made repeatedly by President Donald Trump, U.S. attorney Jeanine Pirro now says she will seek to dismiss a felony charge against former Olympic canoeist David Hearn who had been accused of ripping up a small square piece of new blue lining from the renovated Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. In a m

The Justice Department filed to dismiss charges against a former Olympian.

Daniel Heuer / REUTERS The “radical vandals” President Donald Trump blamed for ruining the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool have turned out not to be the culprits after all. The president repeatedly accused unknown “thugs” of slicing into the landmark after its multimillion-dollar renovation, but his own Justice Depar

The US Justice Department has dropped its case against a former Olympian accused of damaging the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.

Prosecutors in the US have dropped the case against a former Olympian accused of vandalising the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington.

White House drops charges against former Olympian accused of vandalising Reflecting Pool after new evidence emerges  GB News

President Donald Trump had blamed "sick" vandals, and a former Olympian had been charged, but prosecutors now say contractors caused the damage.

The Trump administration dropped charges against a former Olympic canoeist over damage to the renovated Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool, saying new evidence showed the contractor was to blame. NBC News’ Garrett Haake reports.

Federal prosecutors suggested that the damage was instead due to a rushed installation.