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Headlines vary in emphasizing whether Trump is disagreeing with Pirro's refutation of his claim or disputing his own Justice Department's findings.
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36 sources across Left, Center, and Right all describe the same event.
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The Independent · Center-left · News report
The Hill · Center · News report
Mediaite · Center-right · News report
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President Trump called out U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro on Saturday for agreeing to dismiss the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool vandalism case against former Olympian David Hearn. The Justi...
President Donald Trump is sharply criticizing U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro after her assessment that damage to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool following a recent renovation was caused b...
WASHINGTON (AP) — 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...
US President Donald Trump posted on Saturday that he disagrees with his own Justice Department’s findings that a flawed installation, not vandalism, caused the lining of the newly renova...
Doug Burgum bolstered Donald Trump's insistence that the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool was vandalized — even after the DOJ admitted it was not. The post Doug Burgum Fires Back on Reflect...
Trump publicly broke with U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro on Truth Social, calling Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool damage a case of "VANDALISM."
US Attorney Jeanine Pirro suggested the damage to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool was the result of shoddy construction and not the work of vandals.
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 installatio...
President Donald Trump faulted Jeanine Pirro, his handpicked federal prosecutor for Washington, DC, for dropping a criminal charge against a former Olympian accused of damaging the Lincoln...
President Donald Trump has called out District Attorney Jeanine Pirro after her office moved to dismiss charges against canoeist for vandalism.
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.
Trump Goes At It With Fox-News-Host-Turned-Key-Appointee In Latest Chapter Of Reflecting Pool Saga
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 administrati...
President Donald Trump publicly criticized longtime ally Jeanine Pirro, who currently serves as U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, after her office opted to drop felony charges aga...
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 after it went thro...
President Donald Trump has blasted Jeanine Pirro, the US Attorney for DC, for dismissing the charges against a US Olympian accused of vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.
The Washington Monument is seen in the background of the now drained Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, Wednesday, July 29, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)
President Donald Trump is sharply criticizing U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro after her assessment that damage to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool following a recent renovation was caused b...
President Trump publicly rejected Jeanine Pirro's move to drop the Reflecting Pool case and demanded answers about the damage he says Americans can see for themselves.
Trump has repeatedly claimed vandals are to blame for issues the Reflecting Pool has experienced during its renovation.
A vandalism case against former Olympian David Hearn was dropped by the Justice Department on July 31.
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...
President Donald Trump on Saturday denounced the Justice Department’s lead federal prosecutor for Washington, D.C., for seeking to dismiss charges against a former Olympian accused of vanda...
Trump criticized Pirro's findings that damage to the Reflecting Pool was caused by "flawed installation" rather than vandalism.
President Trump on Saturday slammed Jeanine Pirro for dropping the criminal case against former Olympian David Hearn.
President Donald Trump had blamed "sick" vandals, and a former Olympian had been charged, but prosecutors now say contractors caused the damage.
Trump lashed out at his long-time ally after she admitted his hand-picked contractors botched the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool refurb - and not, as he has repeatedly claimed, "vandals"
As charges are dropped against ex-Olympian, flawed work by Trump-connected contractor emerges as culprit Donald Trump ’s Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool saga appears to be winding down aft...
President Trump just came out saying he majorly disagrees with DC Attorney Jeanine Pirro over blaming the Reflecting Pool damage on a contractor. Here’s what he wrote: I disagree 100% with...
Great now everybody's gonna terrorism the Reflecting Pool.
The DOJ moved to drop a vandalism case against David Hearn, saying damage to the Reflecting Pool was due to a flawed installation.
US prosecutors have dropped a vandalism case over damage to Donald Trump's $14m Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool renovation, blaming 'hasty and botched' construction rather than a saboteur.
Federal prosecutors say rushed contractor work, not vandalism, caused damage leading to charges against an Olympian
District of Columbia U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro has requested that all charges be dropped against David Hearn, the three-time Olympian who had faced up to ten years in prison for vandalizi...
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