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 algae return.
(VIA NBC) – […] In a filing Friday afternoon, a supervisor in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia, which is headed by Jeanine Pirro, wrote that officials obtained information that undermined “the evidentiary basis for the indictment” against Hearn.
Prosecutors said that after the indictment, the Interior Department “provided additional documents to the USAO-DC indicating that damage to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in June 2026 was the result of flawed installation by the contractor, Atlantic Industrial Coatings.”
DOJ said they “first became aware of information showing that the damage was the result of a botched installation and not vandalism” after reviewing more documents.
The Justice Department filing said that based on its review of evidence, “it is difficult to attribute the widespread damage to the Reflecting Pool to vandalism, let alone to establish that fact beyond a reasonable doubt.” (read more)
President Trump disagrees with the DOJ determination of cause.
Anyone would be well advised to avoid a pissing contest with Jeanine Pirro; she will shinny up your leg and chew your face off.
As a contractor myself, I have to call BS on these supposed documents.
Furthermore, did he or did he not pull up the material from the bottome of the pool?
Irrespective of whether the work was performed properly, if said dinglberry did pull up that material up from the bottom of the pool, that is vandalism.