US Attorney General Todd Blanche defended Jeanine Pirro for dismissing a federal vandalism case in a decision that angered President Donald Trump, saying the top prosecutor in Washington, DC, should be judged fairly. Blanche, a former personal lawyer for Trump who was sworn in last week as head of the Justice Department, took Pirro’s side
President DonaldTrump publicly criticised Jeanine Pirro’s decision to drop the Reflecting Pool legal case over alleged vandalism. The court document filed by Pirro, the US Attorney for Washington DC, blames contractors for rushing the paint installation process. Federal prosecutors dismissed charges against a former Olympian accused of vandalising the landmark. While acknowledging there “may have
The BBC has contacted the contractor for comment. Hearn’s lawyers said in a statement to BBC News, that the case “should have never been brought”. “Its dismissal today does not erase the abuse of government power in arresting and charging a patriotic American who did nothing wrong. The government’s approach was ready, fire, aim.” The
WASHINGTON– A former Olympian accused of deliberately damaging the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool is seeking access to all of the closed-door testimony that led to his indictment, pointing to “irregularities” in those grand jury proceedings. In a court filing filed Monday, David Hearn’s attorneys requested an order that the government turn over a full transcript
WASHINGTON– A judge in the nation’s capital set a trial date in September for a former Olympic canoe racer accused of deliberately damaging the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool, the site of a troubled multimillion-dollar renovation project championed by President Donald Trump. D.C. Superior Court Judge Todd Edelman scheduled David Hearn’s trial date for September 28
WASHINGTON– The underside of the newly drained Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool has noticeably faded since it was coated with a protective coating in a color President Donald Trump calls “American flag blue” this spring. An Associated Press reporter and photographer viewed the fenced reflecting pool Wednesday from the top of the Washington Monument. The new