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Pirro\u2019s office, in a\u00a0court filing\u00a0on Friday,\u00a0moved to drop criminal charges against a former Olympian, David Hearn, who had been accused of deliberately damaging the pool after it underwent a renovation ahead of the nation\u2019s 250th birthday celebration last month.<\/p>\n
Trump, in a posting on social media, acknowledged that there \u201cmay have been some contractor difficulty\u201d in the installation of a new pool liner. But he continues to insist \u201cthe major damage was caused by VANDALS!\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI disagree 100% with Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, on the Reflecting Pool,\u201d Trump added in his post.<\/p>\n
The dismissal was an embarrassing setback for a Justice Department that had previously echoed Trump\u2019s claims and billed the prosecution as accountability for damage at a Washington landmark, a pet project of Trump. The president, without providing any clear new evidence, continued to allege on Saturday that the majority of the damage to the pool was caused by vandals.<\/p>\n
Government lawyers in their 20-page court filing on Friday said that additional documents provided by the Interior Department since the indictment of Hearn show that the damage was the result of a botched installation by a contractor as well as \u201cthe rush to complete the project prior to events associated with the America 250 celebration in the weeks surrounding Independence Day 2026.\u201d<\/p>\n
In addition, a recent visual inspection revealed damage throughout the pool, including in the middle \u2014 where prosecutors say a vandal would not likely have attempted to peel the lining.<\/p>\n
Hearn, a former Olympic canoeist, was accused of pulling up a two-foot square piece of the pool\u2019s lining.<\/p>\n
\u201cGiven all of this newly discovered information, it is difficult to attribute the widespread damage to the Reflecting Pool to vandalism, let alone to establish that fact beyond a reasonable doubt,\u201d Pirro, a Trump appointee, said in her filing, which asked a judge to formally dismiss the case.<\/p>\n
Pirro in the court filing also blamed the Interior Department for providing \u201cless than fulsome information at the outset of the case.\u201d<\/p>\n
The filing added that had \u201cDOI been forthcoming with the information clearly in its possession, the government would not have sought a grand jury indictment.\u201d It was a jarring turn in position from Pirro, who claimed the government\u2019s case was built on\u00a0\u201ctremendous evidence\u201d when she announced the indictment against Hearn last month.<\/p>\n
Hearn\u2019s legal team on Saturday criticized both Trump and Pirro and said it was weighing \u201clegal remedies\u201d on behalf of their client.<\/p>\n
\u201cTrump is mad at Pirro because she finally admitted what we made clear in our legal filings all along: Trump\u2019s botched renovation was responsible for the damage \u2014 not Davey Hearn,\u201d the legal team said in a statement. \u201cHowever, her claim that she and her office were previously duped by Interior is nonsense. Starting immediately after the arraignment, our motions repeatedly proved that the administration was to blame for the Reflecting Pool failures, not Davey.\u201d<\/p>\n
Interior Department officials did not respond to requests for comment.<\/p>\n
Trump on Saturday also posted a nearly four-minute video that appears to have been taken from a security camera, in which three individuals can be seen with their hands in the pool, including one for an extended period.<\/p>\n
The president claimed the video shows \u201cmaterial is being cut with a knife or a box cutter, for all to see!\u201d<\/p>\n
It\u2019s not clear from the video, which appears to be shot from some distance, that any vandalism occurred. Workers can also be seen standing nearby and don\u2019t appear to notice the people sticking their hands in the water.<\/p>\n
In May, Trump announced plans to beautify the Reflecting Pool this spring. Virginia-based\u00a0Atlantic Industrial Coatings\u00a0was awarded a $14.7 million no-bid contract to repaint and waterproof the pool\u2019s concrete floor.<\/p>\n
Atlantic Industrial Coatings did not respond to requests for comment.<\/p>\n
Water was drained and Trump directed that the bottom be painted with what he called \u201cAmerican flag blue.\u201d<\/p>\n
But problems emerged within days of the project\u2019s completion, with chunks of the new liner peeling off.<\/p>\n
Trump was quick to blame vandals. And the\u00a0National Park Service reported to the U.S. Park Police\u00a0a June 9 incident in which it claimed a sharp knife or razor cut the pool\u2019s new liner.<\/p>\n
The work on the Reflecting Pool is just one of a number of projects Trump has spearheaded across the nation\u2019s capital. Most prominently, he\u00a0demolished the White House\u2019s East Wing\u00a0to build a $400 million ballroom and\u00a0plans to build a towering arch\u00a0between the Lincoln Memorial and Arlington National Cemetery.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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