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Month: August 2026
- DOJ moves to dismiss Reflecting Pool vandalism charges against David Hearn, says damage due to “botched installation” CBS News
- Trump’s Reflecting Pool debacle takes a predictably scandalous turn CNN
- Trump blasts Pirro after she refutes his claim that Reflecting Pool was damaged by vandals AP News
- Charges Dropped Against Ex-Olympian David Hearn Accused of Damaging Reflecting Pool The New York Times
- Trump insists vandals damaged Reflecting Pool, blasts DOJ for dropped charge The Washington Post
On Friday, U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro filed a motion seeking to dismiss a felony charge against David Hearn, a former Olympic canoeist who was arrested and accused last month of pulling up a piece of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, instead accusing contractors chosen by President Trump of botching the renovation of the iconic pool in Washington.
In the extraordinary motion, Pirro broke with claims having been made over the last few months by the Trump Administration that damage to the pool had been caused by vandals, with President Trump himself claiming that people had “slashed” the lining of the pool with blades, something echoed initially by the Interior and Justice Department.
Pirro said in her motion that prosecutors had been misled by the Interior Department, who had blamed all the damage on vandals, when the lining applied by the first-time government contractor used had begun to peel within two days of installation. According to Pirro, the shoddy work done by the contractor caused “widespread damage” to the new blue lining of the pool located between the Lincoln Memorial and Washington Monument.
On Friday, U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro filed a motion seeking to dismiss a felony charge against David Hearn, a former Olympic canoeist who was arrested and accused last month of pulling up a piece of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, instead accusing contractors chosen by President Trump of botching the renovation of the iconic pool in Washington.
In the extraordinary motion, Pirro broke with claims having been made over the last few months by the Trump Administration that damage to the pool had been caused by vandals, with President Trump himself claiming that people had “slashed” the lining of the pool with blades, something echoed initially by the Interior and Justice Department.
Pirro said in her motion that prosecutors had been misled by the Interior Department, who had blamed all the damage on vandals, when the lining applied by the first-time government contractor used had begun to peel within two days of installation. According to Pirro, the shoddy work done by the contractor caused “widespread damage” to the new blue lining of the pool located between the Lincoln Memorial and Washington Monument.