Trump denounces Justice Department decision to drop Reflecting Pool charges

The US president pushes back after a federal prosecutor says the damage to the pool was caused by ‘botched’ installation, not vandalism.

United States President Donald Trump has criticised his own Department of Justice after it decided to drop criminal charges against a former Olympic athlete for the alleged vandalism of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington, DC.

Trump voiced his opposition to the decision on Saturday, a day after US Attorney Jeanine Pirro announced she was dismissing the charges against 67-year-old competitive canoeist David Hearn.

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