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The U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office for Washington, D.C. has dropped all charges against individuals it had previously claimed engaged in acts of \u201cvandalism\u201d at the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool, despite President Donald Trump\u2019s continued insistence \u2014 without evidence \u2014 that they were responsible for the damage. <\/p>\n

The move comes just days after the office of U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro dropped charges against former Olympian David Hearn, who was among those accused of vandalizing the pool.<\/p>\n

Pirro, a former Fox News <\/em>personality and staunch Trump loyalist, faces the possibility of being fired by Trump for her office\u2019s decisions.<\/p>\n

Pirro\u2019s office filed a motion ending its case against Hearn on Friday night, noting that evidence that he vandalized the pool was severely lacking. Rather, \u201cthe damage was the result of a botched installation,\u201d the filing stated.<\/p>\n

The filing referenced documents from the Interior Department. While the department had publicly backed Trump\u2019s claims that vandals were to blame for the pool\u2019s condition, Interior documents showed that the chipped blue paint had actually come loose as a result of work performed by the company Trump had hired to make repairs.<\/p>\n

\u201cGiven all of this newly discovered information, it is difficult to attribute the widespread damage to the Reflecting Pool to vandalism,\u201d the filing added.<\/p>\n

Trump reacted negatively to the news of Pirro\u2019s office dropping charges against Hearn.<\/p>\n

\u201cI disagree 100 percent with Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, on the Reflecting Pool,\u201d Trump said in a Truth Social post on Saturday. \u201cI don\u2019t know what she was thinking? To me, it was a pure case of VANDALISM.\u201d<\/p>\n

Trump\u2019s post included a video of a person dipping their hand into the pool, but it did not definitively show them purposely damaging it.<\/p>\n

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On Monday, Pirro\u2019s office dropped charges against the remaining three individuals who were charged with vandalism. <\/p>\n

David Benowitz, a lawyer for one of those charged with causing damage to the reflecting pool, described the government\u2019s case as bogus.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were all at the pool, there\u2019s no slashes,\u201d Benowitz said, adding that there were \u201cflawed seams\u201d in the monument, and that the government \u201cliterally fabricated a crime\u201d against his client and others who were charged.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis was the epitome of the politicization of the criminal justice system,\u201d Benowitz concluded.<\/p>\n

Trump continued his criticism of Pirro on Monday.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was disappointed in Jeanine Pirro. Really disappointed in Jeanine Pirro. She folded like an umbrella,\u201d Trump told reporters, adding that she \u201cchoked\u201d in her decision-making. <\/p>\n

Trump\u2019s comments led to speculation that he was going to fire Pirro. On Monday night, Pirro did indeed meet with Trump at the White House, leaving with her job intact, for now. According to sources familiar with his thinking, Trump has been considering removing Pirro from her U.S. Attorney position. <\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Trump has threatened members of the press for not parroting his baseless claims that the reflecting pool was vandalized.<\/p>\n

Last month, as ABC News <\/em>was covering the growth of bright green algae and paint chips coming off the bottom of the pool, Trump said the project \u201ccame out great,\u201d but that vandals were to blame for its condition. Because that network (and other news media) correctly noted that there was no visible evidence of vandalism, Trump promised retaliation.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe are preparing lawsuits against ABC for false reporting,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Those lawsuits have yet to materialize.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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