Former US Olympian David ‘Davey’ Hearn has pleaded not guilty to vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool during a court appearance in Washington DC. Hearn is accused of causing $1,000 (£750) worth of damage to the pool. He faces a charge of felony destruction of property. President Donald Trump has blamed vandals for damage to
WASHINGTON– A former Olympic canoe racer pleaded not guilty Thursday to deliberately damaging the Lincoln Memorial’s newly renovated reflecting pool, a politically charged case that his defense attorneys and other critics of the Trump administration have derided as an abuse of prosecutorial power. David Hearn, who competed in three Summer Olympics, pleaded guilty during his