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Saturday, August 1, 2026

Charges Dropped in Reflecting Pool Case as Prosecutors Say Work Was ‘Botched’

 


“The Justice Department moved to dismiss the criminal case against Olympian David Hearn. Prosecutors said new evidence showed the damage to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool was caused by a faulty installation, not Hearn.”




So, the Reflecting Pool accusations against the Olympian brought by Trump’s DoJ were all Trumpian lies. Trump and his lackeys were willing to put an innocent American in prison to cover up Trump’s gross incompetence and lies. The no- bid, $14 million contract for painting the  surface of the Reflecting  Pool was done by a Trump pal who is a member of his Mar-a-Largo Club.  This stinks of corruption. 


That’s where we are in Trump’s disastrous 2nd term.  Where is the righteous outrage on this newest insult to our justice system by the convicted felon president  


We’ve seen innocent Americans and others gunned down and killed on our streets by Trump’s ICE goons, and now we know Trump was willing to put an innocent American in prison for up to 10 years to cover up his gross incompetence and lies.


The stench of Trump will follow MAGA forever.  





DC US Attorney Jeanine Pirro’s office wrote in a new court filing Friday:


“It was not until after the return of the indictment [of Hearn], that the [Department of Interior] provided additional documents to the [US Attorney’s Office in DC] indicating that damage to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in June 2026 was the result of flawed installation by the contractor, Atlantic Industrial Coatings, and the rush to complete the project prior to events associated with the America 250 celebration in the weeks surrounding Independence Day 2026.” —McGill News