Trump breaks with his own DOJ over reflecting pool vandalism

Trump breaks with his own DOJ over reflecting pool vandalism  USA Today

U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro dropped vandalism charges against a former Olympian, blaming poor construction for Reflecting Pool damage.

President Donald Trump condemned longtime ally Jeanine Pirro Saturday after she agreed to drop a case against a former Olympic canoeist who was accused of vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.

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.

Trump blasts Pirro after she refutes his claim that Reflecting Pool was damaged by vandals

President Donald Trump is sharply criticizing U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro after her assessment that damage to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool following a recent renovation was caused by shoddy construction rather than vandals

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 has blasted Jeanine Pirro, the US Attorney for DC, for dismissing the charges against a US Olympian accused of vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.

US Attorney Jeanine Pirro suggested the damage to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool was the result of shoddy construction and not the work of vandals.

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 after it went through a renovation.

President Donald Trump is sharply criticizing U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro after her assessment that damage to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool following a recent renovation was caused by shoddy construction rather than vandals

Trump blasts Pirro after she refutes his claim that Reflecting Pool was damaged by vandals  AP News

Trump Doubles Down On Reflecting Pool Vandal Claims—After Pirro Drops Vandalism Case  Forbes

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

President Donald Trump on Saturday denounced the Justice Department’s lead federal prosecutor for Washington, D.C., for seeking to dismiss charges against a former Olympian accused of vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.  U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro filed a motion to dismiss th

Donald Trump said he "disagree[s] 100%" with interim U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro on Saturday.

The Trump team’s embarrassing comments about reflecting pool vandalism  CNN

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

DOJ to drop Reflecting Pool vandalism case against David Hearn  ESPN

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

The government had accused David Hearn of ripping a piece of sealant after a $14 million renovation. Hearn has repeatedly said that he simply touched the water in the pool out of curiosity last month.

U.S. government lawyers said in a court filing that information provided since the indictment shows that the damage was the result of a 'flawed installation by the contractor.'

Federal prosecutors moved to dismiss an indictment charging U.S. Olympic canoeist David Hearn with ripping the bottom of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, saying the damage was caused by "botched installation and not vandalism."

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