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Trump Responds After DOJ Throws Interior Dept Under Bus In Dismissing ‘Botched’ Reflecting Pool Case

Trump Goes At It With Fox-News-Host-Turned-Key-Appointee In Latest Chapter Of Reflecting Pool Saga

Daily Caller By Anthony Iafrate Captured Aug 1, 2026, 7:36 PM
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The Department of Justice dropped charges late Friday against an Olympic canoeist accused of vandalizing the National Mall’s Reflecting Pool and instead dismissed another Trump administration department’s claims over its condition.

Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro filed a motion to dismiss her office’s July 2 second-degree felony indictment against three-time Olympian David Hearn, 67, NBC News reported.

Park Police (USPP) after officers spotted him inspecting the iconic pool’s apparently peeling lining.

In her motion, Pirro — a former Fox News host and noted ally of President Donald Trump — said the Department of the Interior (DOI), which oversees the USPP, had presented a misleading case to the Justice Department (DOJ).

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