Trump Team Feuds Over Whether Reflecting Pool Was Hit by Vandals or Botched Work - WSJ

Trump Team Feuds Over Whether Reflecting Pool Was Hit by Vandals or Botched Work  WSJ

Nathan Howard / REUTERS Interior Secretary Doug Burgum has taken the president’s side in a brewing MAGA feud. Burgum, 69, vowed that he “won’t back down” in the administration’s ill-fated quest to nail purported perpetrators of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool disaster—even after U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro’s offic

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.

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

Donald Trump launched a massive $14 million renovation project for the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool before the country's 250th anniversary celebrations

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

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

Trump administration prosecutors admitted Friday that damage to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool was due to a "botched installation."

The US Department of Justice has moved to drop a criminal case charging a former Olympian with deliberately damaging the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. Here's why.

A 67-year-old had been charged with felony vandalism in US federal court.

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.

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

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

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

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has dropped its case against a former Olympic canoeist charged in connection with damage to the Reflecting Pool, acknowledging their allegations against David “Davey” Hearn don’t hold water.