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Democrats are reacting to the Justice Department’s move to drop its Reflecting Pool vandalism case against a former Olympian David Hearn, saying the move validated their longstanding critic...
The US Department of Justice on Friday moved to throw out its criminal case against David Hearn, the Olympian it accused of vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington, D...
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Saturday sharply criticized U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro’s assessment that damage to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool was the result of shoddy cons...
President Donald Trump had touted the Reflecting Pool update, one of many renovations in D.C. he ordered ahead of America's 250th birthday celebrations.
The Justice Department moved to dismiss the criminal case against Olympian David Hearn.
A Reflecting Pool Postscript.
Hearn's exoneration does not rule out the possibility that others vandalized the landmark. The post DOJ Drops Case Against Former Olympian; Says Reflecting Pool Renovation Was Flawed first...
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 b...
Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. attorney in Washington, blamed shoddy construction, contradicting President Trump’s pet theory. Mr. Trump said he disagreed “100%” with her.
The Justice Department moved Friday to dismiss a criminal case charging a former Olympian with deliberately damaging the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, saying evidence prosecutors had re...
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.
The US president's plans to renovate Washington's Reflecting Pool this summer created a national drama after a botched installation led to rapid algae growth. Although Trump repeatedly clai...
The DOJ moved to drop a vandalism case against David Hearn, saying damage to the Reflecting Pool was due to a flawed installation.
U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro dropped vandalism charges against a former Olympian, blaming poor construction for Reflecting Pool damage.
President Donald Trump criticized longtime ally Jeanine Pirro Saturday after she agreed to drop a case against a former Olympic canoeist who was accused of vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial...
Pirro’s office, in a court filing on Friday, moved to drop criminal charges against a former Olympian, David Hearn, who had been accused of deliberately damaging the pool.
Getty Images Interior Secretary Doug Burgum has taken the president’s side in a brewing MAGA feud. Burgum, 69, vowed that he “won’t back down” in the administration’s ill-fated quest to nai...
On Friday, U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro moved to drop charges against former Olympian David Hearn, accused of vandalizing the pool. But Trump argued anew on Saturday that the damage was caus...
On Friday, U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro moved to drop charges against former Olympian David Hearn, accused of vandalizing the pool. But Trump argued anew on Saturday that the damage was caus...
On Friday, U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro moved to drop charges against former Olympian David Hearn, accused of vandalizing the pool. But Trump argued anew on Saturday that the damage was caus...
On Friday, U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro moved to drop charges against former Olympian David Hearn, accused of vandalizing the pool. But Trump argued anew on Saturday that the damage was caus...
On Friday, U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro moved to drop charges against former Olympian David Hearn, accused of vandalizing the pool. But Trump argued anew on Saturday that the damage was caus...
On Friday, U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro moved to drop charges against former Olympian David Hearn, accused of vandalizing the pool. But Trump argued anew on Saturday that the damage was caus...
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