YOUTUBE (Newsmax) - Jeanine Pirro is in very, very difficult position: Christina Bobb | American Agenda
Christina Bobb analyzed the reflecting pool vandalism prosecution situation in Washington D.C. on Monday's "American Agenda."
AMERICANALMANAC (Alex Tanzer) - Trump concedes contractor error in Reflecting Pool renovation but insists vandalism still occurred
President Trump now admits that rushing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool renovation caused a "contractor error", but he is not backing down from his claim that former Olympic canoeist David Hearn vandalized the pool in broad daylight. Trump posted on Truth Social Sunday night, acknowledging for the first time that the $16 million renovation he […] The post Trump concedes contractor error in Reflecting Pool renovation but insists vandalism still occurred appeared first on American Almanac .
President Trump now admits that rushing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool renovation caused a "contractor error", but he is not backing down from his claim that former Olympic canoeist David Hearn vandalized the pool in broad daylight. Trump posted on Truth Social Sunday night, acknowledging for the first time that the $16 million renovation he ordered was partly botched by the firm hired to repaint and waterproof the pool's concrete floor ahead of Independence Day 2026. The admission came days after his own Justice Department moved to dismiss felony property destruction charges against Hearn, a 67-year-old three-time Olympian from Bethesda, Maryland, after prosecutors concluded the damage resulted from a flawed installation, not…Open
NYTIMES (David A. Fahrenthold) - Trump Concedes There Was ‘Some Contractor Error’ in Reflecting Pool Renovations
The president had insisted for weeks that the landmarks’ algae-stained waters and peeling lining were the fault of vandals, not the project itself.
YOUTUBE (The Hill) - Pirro IN JEOPARDY? Trump DOUBLES DOWN on reflecting pool VANDALISM allegations | RISING
OPINION: President Trump is at odds with DC Attorney Jeanine Pirro after she dropped charges against several people who were accused of vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. #Trump #JeaninePirro #ReflectingPool About Rising: Rising is a weekday morning show with bipartisan hosts that breaks the mold of morning TV by taking viewers inside the halls of Washington power like never before. The show leans into the day's political cycle with cutting edge analysis from DC insiders who can predict what is going to happen. It also sets the day's political agenda by breaking exclusive news with a team of scoop-driven reporters and demanding answers during interviews with the country's most important political newsmakers. Follow Rising on…
ABCNEWS - Trump acknowledges 'no video or proof' of alleged vandalism to Reflecting Pool
President Donald Trump acknowledged on Sunday that there was "no video or proof" of alleged vandalism to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.
HUFFPOST - Trump Furiously Backpedals On 1 Of His Central 'Vandalism' Claims
The president admitted he doesn’t have the evidence he once promised.
The president admitted he doesn’t have the evidence he once promised.Open
YOUTUBE (The Hill) - Trump's week: Major Iran strikes halted, fallout for Pirro, new birthright citizenship challenges
President Trump on Sunday, August 2, explained his decision to cancel a new round of major strikes on Iran last weekend, saying that U.S. allies in the Middle East and Iran itself had asked for an alternative to the aggression. Speaking with reporters the next day, Trump returned to the subject of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, criticizing the decision by District of Columbia U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro to drop the case against Olympic canoeist David Hearn for allegedly vandalizing the pool. On Thursday, the president signed executive orders aimed at limiting birthright citizenship, expressing displeasure at the Supreme Court's reversal of an earlier action from his administration with similar goals. #Trump #WhiteHouse #Iran #Pirro…
AMERICANALMANAC (Alex Tanzer) - Trump presses Pirro to reopen Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool vandalism case after felony charge dropped
President Trump is publicly pushing U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro to reverse course on a dropped felony vandalism case tied to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, even as prosecutors say the damage was caused by a contractor, not the defendant. Trump took to Truth Social on Friday to share photos he said came from a freelance […] The post Trump presses Pirro to reopen Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool vandalism case after felony charge dropped appeared first on American Almanac .
President Trump is publicly pushing U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro to reverse course on a dropped felony vandalism case tied to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, even as prosecutors say the damage was caused by a contractor, not the defendant. Trump took to Truth Social on Friday to share photos he said came from a freelance photographer and to urge Pirro to reconsider her decision to dismiss the indictment against former Olympian David Hearn, a 67-year-old canoeist who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. Hearn had been charged with one count of felony destruction of property, a charge that carried a potential ten-year sentence, after U.S. Park Police alleged he grabbed and tugged at a loose section of the Reflecting Pool's…Open
WASHINGTONPOST (Salvador Rizzo) - Pirro, Trump’s longtime champion, is on the outs over Reflecting Pool move
D.C.’s top prosecutor spent a year navigating the president’s demands. Now she finds her job at risk amid a rare break with him over cases of alleged vandalism.
ABCNEWS - NPS to flush Reflecting Pool pipes as it blames issues on previous administrations
The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool was partially refilled on Friday to flush out what NPS said were clogged pipes that supply water to the monument.