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Dropped charges against Olympic canoeist accused of vandalizing iconic landmark
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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.
Read at NBC News Politics →President Donald Trump's Justice Department was forced to withdraw its vandalism case against an Olympic canoeist it accused of vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.In a motion to withdraw the case, flagged by Meidas Touch's Scott MacFarlane, prosecutors threw the Department of the Interior under the bus and claimed they now have evidence the damage to the beloved Washington, D.C. landmark was done by contractors working on Trump's renovation project, and that signs of the damage were seen over a week before David "Davey" Hearn was ever seen in the vicinity.The end of the case, which followed a series of prosecutorial blunders and national ridicule of Trump for his failure to properly renovate the pool, drew immediate reaction from commenters on social media — with many calling it a monumental failure for Trump's hand-picked D.C. U.S. Attorney, Jeanine Pirro."Oh you don’t sayyyyyyyy," wrote political commentator Molly Jong-Fast."Holy wow," wrote former Pentagon special counsel and New York University law professor Ryan Goodman. "We've been tracking the DOJ withdrawals of indictments, dismissals by judges, rejections of subpoenas, no bills by grand juries and more ... Add this one to the list.""How absolutely embarrassing for US Attorney Jeanine Pirro and this Administration," wrote national security attorney Mark S. Zaid. "I trust at least a public apology is forthcoming to all of those adversely affected by these frivolous prosecutions.""The judge would have forced the prosecution to provide the grand jury instructions/transcripts to the defense," wrote Alex Cole of Newsitics. "Pirro knows she would have been caught red-handed.""My god I never thought I'd see the day when Jeannine Pirro would (expletive) up her 112th prosecution but here we are," wrote Georgia trial lawyer Andrew Fleischman."I hope he sues the ever loving (expletive) out of every single one of these a--holes," wrote podcaster Joanne "JoJoFromJerz" Carducci.
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President Trump called out U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro on Saturday for agreeing to dismiss the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool vandalism case against former Olympian David Hearn. The Justice Department moved to drop the case on Friday, finding that the damage to the tidal basin resulted from a “rushed and botched installation,” not alleged vandalism. Trump…
Read at The Hill News →The U.S. Attorney’s Office in D.C. said new information showed the damage was the result of a botched installation and not vandalism.
Read at WSJ.com : U.S. News →President Donald Trump had blamed "sick" vandals, and a former Olympian had been charged but prosecutors now say contractors caused the damage.
Read at BBC News →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."
Read at Politics - CBSNews.com →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.
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Dropped charges against Olympic canoeist accused of vandalizing iconic landmark
Read at WorldNetDaily →The Dept of Justice in Washington, DC, dropped all charges against David Hearn for damage to the reflecting pool, saying instead that an investigation has led to information the installation was botched during construction. Obviously, the leftists are taking a victory lap against previous accusations by President Trump that vandalism was the major cause of […] The post DOJ Drops Charges for DC Reflecting Pool Citing Contractor “Botched Installation” appeared first on The Last Refuge.
Read at The Last Refuge →President Trump on Saturday slammed Jeanine Pirro for dropping the criminal case against former Olympian David Hearn. The post WHOA! President Trump Slams Pirro For Dropping Lincoln Reflecting Pool Vandalism Criminal Case Against Former Olympian David Hearn appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.
Read at The Gateway Pundit →Trump Goes At It With Fox-News-Host-Turned-Key-Appointee In Latest Chapter Of Reflecting Pool Saga
Read at The Daily Caller →Trump publicly broke with U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro on Truth Social, calling Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool damage a case of "VANDALISM."
Read at Latest Political News on Fox News →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.
Read at New York Post →Jeanine Pirro, the Trump administration’s top federal prosecutor in D.C., has dismissed charges against a former Olympic athlete whom the admin had accused of vandalizing the Lincoln […]
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