Trump Goon Moves to Dismiss More Reflecting Pool Cases

Kylie Cooper / REUTERS President Donald Trump’s crusade against the purported Reflecting Pool vandals has been hit with a humiliating roadblock. The office of Jeanine Pirro, the Trump-appointed U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, has dropped charges against three other individuals previously accused of destroyi

U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro’s decision to drop cases against people suspected of damaging the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool has opened a new line of scrutiny around the potential legal ramifications. As lawyers question what federal prosecutors knew and when, some suggested civil rights or defamation suits may follo

Federal prosecutors in Washington, D.C., dropped criminal charges against three remaining people accused of vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, days after U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro’s office abandoned a felony case against former Olympic canoeist David Hearn. The dismissals came the same week that Presid

Pirro’s office has been at odds with the White House over whether vandals caused the damage to president’s signature project renovating the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool

U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro hauled a crate of evidence to the White House Monday evening in a bid to convince President Donald Trump that vandals weren’t responsible for damaging the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. Trump is reportedly considering firing Pirro over the Department of Justice’s admission in court that

US president's hand-picked DC attorney in firing line after dropping charges for vandalism of Washington landmark.

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U.S. Attorney for D.C. Jeanine Pirro was seen with a large box as she left the White House Monday after her meeting with President Trump.

US president Donald Trump has accused the US attorney Jeanine Pirro of “folding” after dropping charges against alleged vandals of the Reflecting Pool – but there’s one problem.

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

President Trump said Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. attorney for Washington, D.C., “folded like an umbrella.” For now, her job appeared to be safe, according to two people familiar with the meeting.

There are mounting questions about whether one of President Donald Trump’s long-time allies, Jeanine Pirro, will keep her job after he lashed out on her decision to drop charges against a former Olympic canoeist indicted for vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. NBC’s Gabe Gutierrez reports for TODAY.

Top prosecutor claimed her office had been provided with ‘less-than-fulsome information’

Pirro, a former Fox News host and longtime Trump ally, is the top federal prosecutor in Washington.

Move to dismiss charges marked a rare moment during Trump’s second term of an aide or political appointee openly defying him

Trump says Pirro ‘folded like an umbrella’ in bid to drop Reflecting Pool vandalism charges  AP News

Trump disses Pirro over Reflecting Pool case  CNN

Trump ‘disappointed’ with US attorney amid reports he’s considering removing her from her post Trump’s reflecting pool saga: a timeline Donald Trump accused US attorney Jeanine Pirro of having “folded like an umbrella” amid reports that he was considering removing her from her post. Trump criticized Pirro on Monday a

Trump Discusses Jeanine Pirro’s Removal After Reflecting Pool Reversal  WSJ

The president also said Monday that he did not know the contractor who did the work on the pool.

Trump Fumes Over Jeanine Pirro’s Reflecting Pool Case: ‘She Choked’  HuffPost

Trump says Pirro ‘folded like an umbrella’ in bid to drop Reflecting Pool vandalism charges  Toronto Star

Donald Trump lashed out at Jeanine Pirro, the former Fox News host serving as U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, after she moved to dismiss a felony indictment of the alleged vandal of the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool. Speaking to reporters on Monday, Trump said that he “was disappointed in Jeanine Pirro.

“I was disappointed in Jeanine Pirro. Really disappointed in Jeanine Pirro,” he added. “She folded like an umbrella.”

President Donald Trump said Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, "choked" and "folded like an umbrella" in the Reflecting Pool case.

Trump blasts Jeanine Pirro, says she 'choked' in dropping reflecting pool case  Reuters

Trump Reportedly Considers Firing Jeanine Pirro Over Reflecting Pool—Says She ‘Choked’  Forbes

Prediction markets put Jeanine Pirro's exit odds near certain after Trump's public split over the Reflecting Pool.

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 Justice Department moved to dismiss the criminal case against 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

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

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.

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

US drops case against former Olympian accused of damaging Reflecting Pool, admits damage due to botched renovation  Dawn

The US Justice Department on Friday dropped its case against a former Olympian accused of damaging the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, saying the hurried renovations ordered by President Donald Trump had been botched. David Hearn, 67, had been charged with felony vandalism in federal court, which carried a potential