Todd Blanche backs Jeanine Pirro after Lincoln Memorial pool vandalism case dismissal

AG Blanche called Pirro's overall work ‘phenomenal’ while acknowledging that President Trump remains frustrated over the dismissed Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool case.

Attorney General Todd Blanche said Sunday that he backs U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro, in spite of President Trump’s recent criticism of her. “I absolutely support U.S. Attorney Pirro, as does President Trump. Now, that’s different than whether the president is extraordinarily frustrated at w

“Now, that’s different than whether the president is extraordinarily frustrated at what happened in that case. And I don’t in any way fault him for that.”

US Attorney General Todd Blanche said ⁠on Sunday that ⁠he backs top Washington prosecutor ⁠Jeanine Pirro, who was criticised by US President Donald Trump for the way she handled a case of alleged vandalism at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. “I absolutely support US Attorney Pirro, as does President Trump,” Blanch

US Attorney General Blanche publicly backs Pirro after Trump criticism over Reflecting Pool  Reuters

USA-TRUMP/PIRRO (PIX):US Attorney General Blanche publicly backs Pirro after Trump criticism over Reflecting Pool

Attorney General Todd Blanche defended U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro’s decision to drop the Reflecting Pool vandalism charges against former Olympian David Hearn last month while acknowledging President Donald Trump’s frustrations with the outcome of the case. Asked by NBC News host Kristen Welker whether he stands with

US Attorney General Todd Blanche defended Jeanine Pirro for dismissing a federal vandalism case in a decision that angered President Donald Trump, saying the top prosecutor in Washington, DC, should be judged fairly.

Photo Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/Getty/Reuters Donald Trump’s botched Reflecting Pool revamp has now become an ethics problem for his embattled MAGA prosecutor Jeanine Pirro. Amid ongoing tension between Pirro and the president, a coalition of about 90 lawyers, retired judges and other prominent le