Sen. Kennedy: Pirro 'Was Right to Pull Back' Reflecting Pool Charges

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.

The president lashed out at his handpicked U.S. attorney, Jeanine Pirro, for blaming damage on “botched” work instead of on vandals.

The Justice Department moved to dismiss the criminal case against Olympian David Hearn.

Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. attorney in Washington, blamed shoddy construction, contradicting President Trump’s pet theory. Mr. Trump said he disagreed “100%” with her.

President Trump on Saturday took issue with U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro's decision to dismiss charges against former U.S. Olympic canoeist David Hearn, who was accused of vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. However, Pirro found that peeled paint was actually caused by "flawed installation by the contracto

Interior Secretary Doug Burgum doubled down on claims that vandals were responsible for damage to Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, rejecting the Justice Department’s assessment that faulty construction was to blame. The DOJ moved to dismiss its felony destruction-of-property charge against former Olympian David Hearn

Pirro’s office, in a court filing on Friday, moved to drop criminal charges against a former Olympian, David Hearn, who had been accused of deliberately damaging the pool.

Pirro Upended Trump’s Reflecting Pool Nonsense, and He’s Not Happy  New York Magazine

President Trump publicly opposed the DOJ's dismissal of charges against David Hearn, claiming the damage to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool was vandalism.

Trump publicly broke with U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro on Truth Social, calling Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool damage a case of "VANDALISM."

President Donald Trump faulted Jeanine Pirro, his handpicked federal prosecutor for Washington, DC, for dropping a criminal charge against a former Olympian accused of damaging the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.

President Donald Trump has called out District Attorney Jeanine Pirro after her office moved to dismiss charges against canoeist for vandalism.

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

Trump had a stern rebuke Saturday of US Attorney for DC Jeanine Pirro after her stunning decision to withdraw charges against Olympic canoeist David Hearn for vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial’s reflecting pool.

UPDATE, with Trump statement: President Donald Trump is sticking with his go-to explanation of vandalism for the peeling lining of the Reflecting Pool that U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro has concluded was the result of the no-bid contractor’s botched installation. On Truth Social today, Trump writes, “I disagree 100% with

Conservative political commentator Scott Jennings condemned the administration for dragging David Hearn’s name ‘through the mud’

Laura Coates rips botched reflecting pool case: ‘Erodes faith in DOJ’  CNN

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

In a court filing, the US government moved to dismiss criminal charges against a former Olympian they accused of vandalism, and admitted the US president’s rush to ready the pool by July 4 contributed to the situation.

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.

Lawyers now say damage to pool liner attributed to David Hearn instead is result of installation by contractor The justice department has moved to dismiss a criminal case charging former Olympian David Hearn with deliberately damaging the Lincoln Memorial‘ reflecting pool, instead blaming damage to the pool liner as “t

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.

US drops charges against Olympian in Reflecting Pool damage, citing flawed work  USA Today

President Donald Trump had touted the Reflecting Pool update, one of many renovations in D.C. he ordered ahead of America's 250th birthday celebrations.