The Government’s Sole Witness Just Sank the Reflecting Pool Case (w/ Ryan Reilly)

The Justice Department's case against Olympic canoeist David Hearn may have a major problem and it comes from the government's own witness.

Case Against Olympian Looks As Murky As Reflecting Pool  New York Magazine

Former Olympic canoeist Davey Hearn’s lawyers say testimony undermines felony charge A witness in the case against a former Olympic canoeist accused of vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool testified that the area of the pool liner was already damaged and would have required repairs regardless of David “Dave

Kevin Dietsch / Getty Images A key witness in the case against a former Olympian charged with vandalism at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool admitted that the landmark was already damaged—and would have needed thousands of dollars’ worth of repairs anyway. The president spent months hyping his renovations of the fa

The Department of Justice’s own witness is undermining its case against David Hearn, the former Olympic canoeist charged with vandalizing and damaging the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. According to court documents, a grand jury witness for the government said that the pool was damaged before Hearn even approached i

Prosecutors need to show at least $1,000 in damage attributable to the defendant, court filings say.

The only grand jury witness in a case against a former Olympic canoeist accused of tampering with the Reflecting Pool testified that the area was already damaged and would have required repairs regardless, lawyers said in a court filing on Monday.